Six soldiers and three police personnel were martyred and four soldiers were injured in an encounter with Taliban militants and security forces in Afghanistan's Takhar province.
Provincial government spokesman Javed Hejari confirmed this on Monday. He said the militants first attacked a security checkpoint in the Nawabad area of remote-e-Kala district, 245 km from the capital Kabul, on Sunday midnight.
Nine soldiers martyred in a fierce encounter between the two sides. He said that many terrorists have also been killed and injured during this encounter.