Taliban kill 13 policemen in attacks on two checkpoints - Newspaper
At least 13 Afghan policemen were killed when Taliban militants attacked two checkpoints overnight in the north of the country, officials said on Wednesday. — Reuters/File KUNDUZ: At least 13 Afghan policemen were killed when Taliban militants attacked two checkpoints overnight in the north of the country, officials said on Wednesday. The militants stormed and briefly held the checkpoints on the outskirts of Pule Khumri, capital of northern Baghlan province, officials said. The dead, and five wounded, had been taken to the provincial hospital, said Ainuddin Sayad, the director of the facili...