<p>PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): Five Afghan local police (ALP) personnel were killed and three others wounded during a clash with <a href="/en/taliban" class="glossify-link">Taliban</a> militants in northern Baghlan province on Wednesday.</p>
<p>The clash in Dand Ghori district occurred after the rebels stormed an ALP post, Baghlan police spokesman Zabihullah Shuja told Pajhwok Afghan News.</p>
<p>Bismilllah Attash, a member of the provincial council (PC), said the slain personnel belonged to Dehna Ghori district, which has been under Taliban control over the past two years.</p>
<p>He said the overall security situation in Baghlan was not stable and urged the government to conduct clearing operations in insecure areas.</p>
<p>He said many ALP men who belonged to Dehna Ghori district had been deployed elsewhere, including Dand Ghori, in violation of the local police law.</p>
<p>A colleague of the slain ALP members, who wished to go unnamed, said the ALP members were stationed in a <a href="/en/mosque" class="glossify-link">mosque</a> as they had no post.</p>
<p>He said: “The attack was carried out from nearby houses, in which five ALP men were killed and three others wounded”.</p>
<p>Pk/ma</p>
