PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): The commander of a military company tasked with protecting the highway in northern Baghlan province has been killed in a Taliban attack, a public representative said Monday.
Samiuddin Nazer, a member of the Baghlan provincial council, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the Taliban insurgents attacked a police patrol in Kilagi area of Doshi district on Sunday night.
The highway company commander, 2nd Lt. Fawad Attai, was killed and three policemen were wounded in the attack, he said, adding the rebels tried to hijack . . .
