Authorities say six police are dead after Taliban forces stormed a security post in Afghanistan’s western Farah province on Friday.
The incident happened in the Shah Karez area of Sheb-e-Koh district.
Farah police spokesperson Iqbal Baher said the attack was repelled as fresh security forces were deployed to the area.
Baher said that five Taliban insurgents were also killed; nine were wounded only a few hours later in a separate clash in another district of Farah province, Posht-e-Koh.
He said there were no casualties among government forces in the second incident.
Night-time attacks on security posts are on the rise, becoming almost a weekly occurrence.
On June 23, 10 police officers were killed when insurgents attacked a police post in western Herat province.
The war intensifies across the country, Afghan security forces are becoming increasingly overwhelmed and demoralised.
This contributed to the decision of NATO in a defence ministerial meeting in Brussels to increase the number of international troops in Afghanistan.
The additional soldiers are supposed to support the training for Afghan army and police.
– NAN