Some 10 militants were killed overnight after Afghan army helicopters carried out an airstrike in northern Afghan province of Kunduz, sources said on Tuesday.

"Based on a tip-off, the Afghan National Army gunships fired two missiles in Wardak Ha area of Dasht-e-Archi District Monday night, killing 10 armed Taliban militants," the district governor Nasruddin Sahadi told Xinhua.

The targeted militants numbered 15 to 20 tried to launch an attack on security checkpoints at midnight, the governor said, adding that several foreign militants were among the killed.

Several militants fled the area shortly after the air attack in the district, northeastern of provincial capital Kunduz city, about 250 km north of Afghan capital of Kabul, the governor noted.

In a separate development, the Afghan security forces killed a senior Taliban leader named Mawlawi Mohammad Karim along with an insurgent during an operation in northern Jawzjan province on Monday night, provincial police chief Faqir Mohammad Jawzjani told Xinhua earlier on the day.

Mohammad Karim served as the shadow governor of Taliban for the neighboring Samangan province, the police chief said.

The Taliban insurgent group has yet to make comments.

The Taliban-led violence continues in Afghanistan. Security forces have pressed on to clear the militants in restive provinces.

The Taliban responds by bombing and armed attacks.

Earlier on Tuesday, one civilian was killed and nine civilians were wounded after militants fired two rockets on Jalalabad, capital city of eastern Nangarhar province.

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