ASADABAD (PAN’s shelling in the eastern province of Kunar, officials said on Monday.
The incident occurred in the afternoon when the insurgents fired a mortar shell on a police checkpoint in the Warsak area of Marawara district.
Provincial police chief, Brig. Gen. Abdul Habib Syedkhel, told Pajhwok Afghan News the injured were evacuated the o Asadabad Civil Hospital.
One policeman in critical condition was later referred to Kabul for better treatment, said the hospital director, Farooq Sahak.
Meanwhile, Taliban claimed killed six policemen in the attack.
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