Insurgents flooding in from Pakistan to north: Afghan official

Sediq Sediqqi, a spokesperson for Afghan interior ministry, says Afghan troops are fighting militants in Kunduz

An Afghan interior minister official said on Wednesday that insurgents are arriving in huge numbers from Pakistan in an effort to destabilize Afghanistan's northern provinces, the Associated Press reported.

Sediq Sediqqi, a spokesperson for the Afghan interior ministry said that the Afghan troops are engaged in fighting militants on the outskirts of the capital of Kunduz province, where the Afghan Taliban have launched an offensive.

Sediqqi further said the Afghan Taliban are joined by "terrorists" arriving from Pakistan, which also include foreign fighters from neighboring countries.

The Afghan Taliban started their annual “spring offensive” last week, vowing nationwide attacks in what is expected to be the bloodiest fighting season in a decade.

Read: Afghan Taliban announce 'spring offensive' to start Friday

Sediqqi added that around 200 militants have been killed so far, along with 12 Afghan soldiers in Kunduz fighting.

Pakistan on June 15, 2014 launched a military operation against militants in the troubled North Waziristan agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata).

This article originally appeared on Yahoo News