At least three Afghan National Police (ANP) soldiers were killed in two separate incidents in Faryab province on Sunday, local officials said Monday. 

Safar Mohammad, a security official from Faryab province, said a police soldier was killed in a clash with Taliban on the Dawlat Abad-Qaramqol highway in the Qaramqol district and one other was wounded. 

According to Safar, in a separate incident, two ANA personnel, including Qaramqol’s district deputy director of the criminal department, were killed and one other soldier was wounded in a roadside bomb – in Qaramqol district.  

Safar said electricity was also cut to the area during the clashes.