2020-12-22 10:35:28 GMT2020-12-22 18:35:28(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
KABUL, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) At least 28 people including five civilians have been killed in the violent incidents conducted by militants in the militancy-battered Afghanistan since early Tuesday, officials said.
In the latest wave of violent incidents, the armed insurgents stormed a police checkpoint in Chardara district of the northern Kunduz province Tuesday, killing four policemen including the district police chief and injuring three others, district governor Hafizullah Safi said.
According to the official, the Taliban militants attacked a checkpoint outside a bazaar in the restive Chardara district Tuesday morning, and police contingent under Omar Salih the district police chief arrived at the site to control the situation. Nine fighters including five insurgents and Salih along with three more police were killed on the spot.