SHIBERGHAN/MAIMANA (Pajhwok): Thirty-eight Taliban militants and six police personnel have been killed during separate incidents of violence in northern Jawzjan and Faryab provinces, officials said Monday.
Jawzjan police chief Brig. Gen. Faqir Mohammad Jawzjani told Pajhwok Afghan News the insurgents stormed security posts from several directions in Qush Tepa district late Sunday night shortly after 8pm.
In the ensuing clashes that lasted until 4am Monday morning, 23 Taliban fighters were killed and 13 others wounded, the police chief said. Six policemen were also killed and . . .
