9 soldiers killed in Taliban ambush in N. Afghanistan - China.org.cn

Six Afghan army soldiers and three police officers were killed and four security force members wounded in a Taliban ambush in Afghanistan's northern Takhar province during Sunday night, a provincial government spokesman confirmed on Monday.

"Militants initially attacked a security checkpoint in Nawabad locality of Dasht-i-Qala district at mid-night. They also laid an ambush against a responding security forces' motorcade, triggering clashes along a road that left the above casualties," spokesman Jawad Hejri told Xinhua.
No details were immediately available about clashes in the security checkpoint in the region, 245 km north of Kabul, capital of Afghanistan.
Several militants were also killed and wounded during the fighting, he said. Several security forces and militants were also killed and wounded during clashes in Nawabad last week.