FAIZABAD (Pajhwok): Six security personnel have been killed and 16 others, including two civilians, wounded during a clash with the Taliban in northeastern Badakhshan province, a well-placed source said on Tuesday.
A security official, who wished to go unnamed, confided to Pajhwok Afghan News the clash took place during a clearing operation in the Yaftal Bala locality on the outskirts of Faizabad, the provincial capital.
The fighting was still underway in the area where four Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers and two policemen had been killed . . .
