TALIQAN (Pajhwok): A district police chief was killed and two others were injured in a Taliban attack in northern Takhar province on Wednesday.
Police spokesman Maj. Khalil Asir told Pajhwok Afghan News that Baharak district police chief Lt. Noor Mohammad was killed in a mortar attack in the Block Orta area of the district on Wednesday.
The police commander was riding a tank with his bodyguards during a patrol when a Taleban mortar hit the tank, he said.
He said Lt. Noor Mohammad was killed and two other policemen were injured in the attack.
The Taliban also confirmed the attack . . .
