<p><a href="/en/afganistan/kabul" class="glossify-link">KABUL</a> attack in center Maidan Wardak province, an official said on Sunday.</p>
<p>Sharifullah Hotak, a member of the provincial council, told Pajhwok Afghan News that hundreds of militants stormed the district centre late on Saturday night.</p>
<p>He said the district centre fell to rebels, who left later on. Several policemen, including the district police head, were killed in the overnight clash, Hotak added.</p>
<p>But Abdul Rahman Mangal, the governor’s spokesman, denied the fall of the district centre. He believed said both sides suffered casualties during the firefight.</p>
<p>He, however, was unaware of the death of the police chief.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, police spokesman Hikmatullah Durrani said reinforcements had arrived in the district. He confirmed the killing of police chief Syed Zarab Shah Hashimi.</p>
<p>He said the Kabul-Kandahar highway reopened after several hours of closure.</p>
<p>Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed capturing the district centre, police headquarters and several check-posts during the overnight assault.</p>
<p>sa/mud</p>
