At least 16 security force members were killed after Taliban militants attacked their check posts in Khwaja Ghar district in Takhar province, officials said.
Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah at a ceremony in Kabul pointed to sacrifices of Afghan forces in defending the country and said, “10 army soldiers and six police force members were martyred in Takhar”.
Taliban claimed in a statement that the group had attacked security check posts in Khwaja Ghar district and inflicted heavy losses to government forces.