(MENAFN- Khaama Press) According to officials, the
Taliban insurgents killed six police officers and wounded eight others in an
ambush attack in the northern Baghlan and Takhar provinces on Wednesday night.
Khanzada Mazlomyar, the district governor of Baghlan-e-Markazi,
confirmed the death of six police officers in the hands of Taliban militants on
Wednesday night in Baghlan-Kunduz highway.
'Afghan forces were on their way to Baghlan-e-Markazi when they came
under attack, as a result of which six policemen died, and least seven security
personnel were wounded in the incident,' Mazlomyar added.
Reports say that two civilians were killed and three others injured
during the clash between the two sides, but there is no report on the Taliban
casualties as of now.
Meanwhile, the Taliban militants stormed a security post in Baharak
district of Takhar province, killed two police officers and wounded another
officer.
Taliban insurgents' back-to-back
attacks on the Afghan security forces occur as their leadership continues
negotiations with the US representatives in Doha on the Afghan peace deal.
Afghan mainstream politicians and
leaders describe Taliban 'hypocrites' for not being faithful to their
commitment to reducing violence as they are fast approach with the US on a
peace agreement.
The Taliban militant group are yet to comment about the incidents that took the lives of six police officers and innocent civilians in northern Afghanistan.
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