The attack happened on the Orta-Boz outpost in the Imam Sahib district of Kunduz on Thursday night. At least 14 members of Afghan National Defense and Security Forces were killed in Taliban attacks in Kunduz and Kandahar over the last 24 hours, sources and provincial council members said.

Attacks took place on police checkpoints in Kunduz province, while a civilian died in Ghazni during an attempted suicide attack. At least nine Afghan security personnel have been killed in attacks on two police checkpoints overnight in the restive northern Kunduz province, with government officials blaming the Taliban for the attacks.

The radio station was attacked by an angry mob in the northern city of Kunduz on Friday. An angry mob joined by the imam of a mosque attacked Zohra Radio, a local radio station in the city of Kunduz, on Friday afternoon, leaving damage to its equipment and building, head of the radio station, Mohsen Ahmadi, said.

Dostum’s spokesman said the number of Dostum’s guards has also been reduced and commitments have not been addressed. Marshal Abdul Rashid Dostum’s aide said that based on the political agreement, the new government was expected to add thousands of Dostum’s soldiers to the ranks of Afghan security forces, but this has not happened so far.

Miller said the United States will continue to take any action necessary to ensure protection of its citizens. The US Department of Defense on Friday confirmed that the number of US forces in Afghanistan has reached 2,500 as directed by President Donald Trump.