Kabul, Jan 23 (IANS): At least six militants were killed and nine others injured in a gun battle between the Taliban and police in Afghanistan's Saripul and Faryab provinces, officials said Thursday.
In a clash which erupted in Saripul city, four Taliban militants lost their lives while nine others sustained injures, police said.
"Taliban rebels raided a police checkpoint in Saripul city Wednesday night and police returned fire, killing four rebels on the spot and injuring nine others," provincial police chief Noor Habib Noor told Xinhua.
In a similar conflict which took place in Qaisar district of the Faryab province on the same night, police had killed two militants, Sayed Masoud yaqubi, police spokesman in Faryab province said.