Kabul, April 06: At least 6 Afghan policemen have been killed and two others reported missing during a fierce firefight with suspected Taliban militants in Afghanistan’s Baghlan province.
Six policemen were killed before dawn on Tuesday when militants opened fire on a checkpoint in the Puli Khumri district of the northeastern Baghlan province.
The militants set two police vehicle ablaze and made off with three others, Bakhtar news agency reported.
The policemen were providing security on the main road through the province.
Separately on Monday, two terrorists were killed and 3 others sustained injuries in the ongoing operations to flush out miscreants from Afghanistan’s northwestern province of Badghis.
There were no reports of loss of life or injuries among Afghan national police officers.
———Agencies