SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): Seventeen security personnel were killed in a Taliban attack on a checkpoint in northern Jawzjan province on Monday, an official said.
Abdul Maruf Azar, spokesman for the governor, said five security officials were wounded in the predawn attack in the Hyderabad area of Faizabad district.
Of the 14 fatalities, 13 were members of a pro-government militia and one was a policeman, the governor’s spokesman added.
He said two of the forces went missing in the wake of the assault, which drew . . .
