GHAZNI, Afghanistan, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- At least five policemen and 10 Taliban militants were killed after Taliban militants attacked a police checkpoint in Ghazni province in eastern Afghanistan on Friday night, a provincial government official said Saturday.
"Taliban militants launched an attack on a police checkpoint in Shahbaz area outside the provincial capital Ghazni city over night, which was repelled by police forces. But the clash left five police personnel and 10 attackers dead," Arif Noori, spokesman for provincial governor told Xinhua.
Two policemen and five militants also sustained injuries in the fighting, the official added.
Taliban militants who have been fighting the government forces in different provinces have yet to make comments on the report.
