KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Taliban in the latest wave of violent attacks raided the house of a district chief in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province Friday night and police repulsed the attack killing the attacker, deputy to provincial police chief Abdul Rahman Haqtash said Saturday.
"A group of Taliban rebels under Mullah Khanak attacked the house of the chief of Archi district Shikh Sadi on Friday night but police returned fire killing Khanak on the spot," Haqtash told Xinhua.
No casualty has been reported on police, he added.
Taliban militants, who have been attempting to infiltrate from restive southern region to the relatively peaceful northern provinces have yet to make comments.
Kunduz, a relatively peaceful province until early 2009, has been the scene of increasing militancy over the past several months.
