At least 47 Afghan security forces have been killed in overnight clashes in northern Takhar province, sources told 1TV on Wednesday.

The Taliban continue their attacks on Afghan security forces across the country, the Afghan Ministry of Defense said.

Nineteen Afghan forces were killed in Taliban attacks in northern Takhar and southern Zabul provinces last night, officials said Monday.

At least 13 Taliban militants have been confirmed dead as Afghan forces pounded Taliban hideouts in the western Ghoor on Saturday, said an army statement released here Sunday.

Seven members of Taliban 'Red Unit' including their commander were killed by Afghan forces in northern Jowzjan province on Saturday, an official said.

While Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) are on the defensive position based on instruction of the country’s President, Taliban have increased their attacks on the Afghan forces in recent days.

Afghanistan’s defense minister says the government forces would switch from ‘defense mode’ to offensive if the Taliban militant group does not stop attacks by the end of the week.

The Taliban said that the US airstrikes in Helmand on March 4th was a violation of the US-Taliban agreement, signed in Qatar, and would be investigated by the monitoring team. Suhail Shaheen said that in the agreement, there is no part saying that the U.S. can’t attack the Taliban.

The Taliban militants captured the police headquarters in Trinkot city, the capital of Oruzgan province on Wednesday night.

Five Afghan forces were killed when Taliban militants attacked a security checkpoint in central Logar province last night, an official said Tuesday.

A convoy of Afghan forces came under attack by gunmen in southern Kandahar province on Sunday.

Isolated attacks take place, reports say, on first day of "violence reduction period" which if observed successfully will lead to US-Taliban deal and a subsequent pullout of US troops after nearly two decades in country.

Afghan acting defense minister confirmed Saturday that Taliban attacks dropped significantly during the early 12 hours of a seven-day reduction in violence negotiated between the militant group and the United States.

The Defense Department plans to provide 20 Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopters to Afghanistan’s security forces in a bid to save on support costs and air crew requirements, Pentagon officials said in a briefing that provides new details on the program.

The Taliban militants have set up checkpoints on Baghlan-Kunduz highway, eyewitnesses said.

Afghan forces backed by fighting planes struck a Taliban detention center and rescued 15 civilians on Monday, said an army statement released Tuesday.

With a $14 billion dollar budget request for fiscal year 2021, the U.S. military is set to spend its lowest amount on the 18-year long war in Afghanistan in nearly a decade.

Afghan forces have used ground attacks and air strikes in multiple operations against the Taliban over a 24-hour period, killing 51 fighters in an escalation that signals renewed deadlock in peace talks.

The Afghan security forces have killed three Taliban militants in the southern Helmand province, said an army statement released on Sunday.

The security forces have stormed a Taliban militants' hideout in Shahidi Hasas district of Afghanistan's southern Uruzgan province and rescued 12 detainees, all civilians, said an army statement released here Monday.