SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): One police officer and 20 Taliban have been killed in fierce firefight in northern Jawzjan province, provincial police chief said on Friday.
Brig. Gen. Faqir Mohammad Jawzjani told Pajhwok Afghan News the gun battle erupted when heavily-armed militants ambushed convoy of Afghan National Army (ANA) and police near Arigh and Aqcha districts late Thursday.
The Afghan security forces had prior information about the looming Taliban’s waylay when the forces were returning from Khamab district. The Afghan forces, he said exchanged heavy fire with . . .
