Security personnel, Taliban suffer casualties in Faryab clashes

MAIMANA (Pajhwok): Four security personnel and eleven Taliban have been killed and some injured during separate clashes in northwestern Faryab province, officials said on Sunday.

Two security personnel, including a commando, were killed and seven other commando forces injured in the Taliban attack on the Grezwan district centre on Saturday night, District Chief Mullah Faizullah said.

Four Taliban militants were killed and three others injured in security forces counterattack.

Separately, two security personnel were killed and eight others injured in the Taliban group attack on Qarmaqul district centre on Maimana-Jawzjan Highway, according to credible sources.

The Taliban captured a Humvee vehicle and 7,000 bullets, the source said.

Police acknowledged the Taliban attack on Qarmoqul district and said the Taliban control the main district bazaar and security personnel inside the district building were besieged.

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