 Afghan Defense Ministry says 16 Taliban insurgents have been killed by forces bucked by the Air Force in Kandahar province. A video posted on its Facebook showed extracts and fields in the province. The locations nor the date of the footage could be independently verified. The ministry said in a statement in Facebook that six other Taliban were wounded and eight Haidat, three motorcycles and some amount of their weapons and ammunition were destroyed on Sunday. Taliban fighters overrun three provincial capitals, including the strategic north-eastern city of Kunduz on Sunday. According to local officials, the insurgents intensified pressure on the north and threatened further cities.