11 Police Casualties In Major Taliban Assault In Balkh Province
October 01 2019
At least 11 Afghan police officers have been killed or wounded in an attack in the northern Balkh province, reports the Tolo News (Kabul).
On Tuesday, about 400 Taliban fighters attacked a police station in the Shortepa district, a provincial spokesman told Agence France-Presse.
The Taliban suffered several casualties in the attack, although specific figures were not available, he said.
Reinforcements were dispatched to the site, where fighting continued for several hours. Afghan...
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