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Badakhshan: 5 of a family killed in Taliban attack

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<p><a href="/en/afganistan/kabul" class="glossify-link">KABUL</a> attack in northeastern Badakhshan province on Thursday morning, an official said.</p>

<p>Police spokesman Sanaullah Rohani told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place in the Bagh Sufi village of Daraim district at 5:30am.</p>

<p>He said five members of a family were killed in the insurgent attack and a sixth wounded on their way to a seminary from their home.</p>

<p>Victims of the attack were shifted to a nearby clinic, he said, adding two children were among the dead.</p>

<p>The Taliban have not yet commented on the attack.</p>

<p>pk/mud</p>

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