MAIMANA/ZARANJ (Pajhwok): A dozen policemen, three insurgents and one woman have been killed in clashes in northwestern Faryab and Nimroz provinces, officials said on Sunday.
Mohammad Tahir Rahmani, a member of the Faryab provincial council, told Pajhwok Afghan News the militants attacked a security check-post in the Arab Aqsai area Pashtunkot district late Saturday night.
Ten policemen manning the post and a woman in nearby house were killed, he said, adding that four other police personnel were wounded during the overnight clash.
Nazar Mohammad, a local police commander, criticised higher-ups . . .
