Afghanistan: Taliban assault kills 4 people in Takhar province
Date
4/17/2021 7:13:06 AM
(MENAFN) Provincial Police spokesperson Abdul Khalil Asir stated that four pro-administration militiamen have been confirmed killed as Taliban rebels assaulted a security checkpoint outside Taluqan, the capital of Afghanistan's northern Takhar province on Saturday.
The official affirmed that an outfit of Taliban rebels broke into a checkpoint of pro-government militiamen in Tarmabai region in the suburbs of Taluqan city at 1:00 a.m. local time Saturday, leaving four dead and wounding another five.
Without providing a precise number, Asir said that there were fatalities of Taliban rebels' side.
Meanwhile, a security official on the condition of remaining anonymous declared that three Taliban rebels died and another three were wounded in the clash that went on for a while.
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