Afghanistan: Taliban attack on on checkpoint kills 6 cops
Two policemen were reportedly captured by the insurgents.
The check-post was located on the Qala-i-Naw-Herat highway in the Laman area of the provincial capital, Mohammad Qasem, police officer of another post in the areas, told Pajhwok Afghan News.
He told the Afghanistani news agency that the attackers overran the post, killed six policemen and kidnapped two others.
However, the post was later recaptured by the security forces.
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