On Sunday, an airstrike by the Afghan army struck a group of Taliban insurgents in the town of Chahar Bolak in Balkh province, according to a statement from the Afghan Defense Ministry.

According to the statement, the aerial attack in northern Afghanistan killed the Taliban's intelligence chief as well as 11 others.

On Sunday, at least 28 people were killed or injured in a mortar attack on a private dwelling in Afghanistan's Kapisa province, according to Afghan government authorities.

The Kabul administration blamed the Taliban for the mortar attack, while a Taliban spokesman denied the group's involvement, claiming that Afghan soldiers fired the mortar.