More than 11,000 civilians were killed or wounded in 2015 as a result of Taliban's insurgency
Jamaatul Ahrar had previously said that Christians, Hindus are not at peace, nor are their places of worship safe
The battle occurred in Dand-e-Ghori district of the province on Sunday, Xinhua quoted army spokesman Ahmad Jawed Salim said
Earlier today a suicide bomber on a motorbike struck at a market in Asadabad, the capital of restive Kunar province