MAIMANA (Pajhwok): At least eight security personnel, including a district police chief, have been killed in clashes with militants in northern Faryab province, an official said on Wednesday.
Police spokesman Abdul Karim Yourish told Pajhwok Afghan News the Taliban stormed security check-posts in Qarmaqol district on Tuesday night.
He said that four security forces, including district police chief Safar Raees Baidar, were killed in the overnight assault.
He added the insurgents also suffered casualties but exact figures were not immediately available.
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