QALA-I-NAW (Pajhwok): Twenty Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers and five Taliban insurgents have been killed in clashes in northwestern Badghis province, officials said on Wednesday.
Aziz Bek, the provincial council chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News the militants stormed ANA check-posts in the Akazai area of Bala Murghab district on Tuesday night.
He said reinforcements had faced a militant ambush on their way to the ANA base. About 20 soldiers were killed and 10 others wounded during the clash that lasted for three hour. The . . .
