TALOQAN (Pajhwok): Local officials on Saturday said the Taliban were steadily closing in on the Khwaja Bahauddin district of northern Takhar province, where two border policemenwere killed.
Abdul Salam Ahmadi, the border police commander, told Pajhwok Afghan News the militants conducted coordinated attacks on the district centre on Friday night. Two border policemen were killed and six others wounded.
“Militants attacked Khwaja Bahauddin from Darqad district at 8pm. The security forces retreated after a three-hour battle that also destroyed one of our tanks,” Ahmadi acknowledged.
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