The police chiefs of Jelga and Burka districts of northeastern Baghlan Province were killed in Taliban attacks on Friday.

Sources say, Gulbuddin Ghafouri, the police chief of Jelga district and Lotful Haq, the acting police chief of Burka district were killed along with five of their companions after Taliban stormed their outposts.

Ten other security forces including several public uprising forces were killed during the clashes, the sources added. Two civilians were killed and another was wounded in the clashes.

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