Taliban fighters have ambushed a police convoy in Afghanistan’s northern Badakhshan Province, killing 20 officers and wounding 12 others.
Deputy Provincial Governor Mohammad Baydar confirmed those figures to RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan, adding that “heavy casualties” had been inflicted on Taliban fighters, without giving figures.
The Taliban claimed to have killed 25 government soldiers and captured 12 others, including an officer.
Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry denied any soldiers had been captured.