The Taliban claimed to have killed 15 Afghan National Security Force (ANSF) soldiers and captured 12 more in Warduj district of Badakhshan province on Saturday.
Eight vehicles of ANA were also destroyed when the Taliban attacked their motorcade in Ghani area of Warduj district, the Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told the AIP.
The Taliban seized two vehicles and several weapons in the attack, he claimed.
A Taliban fighter was killed and two more sustained injuries in the gunfight, Mujahid said.
Meanwhile, the Badakhshan governor’s spokesman Abdul Maroof Rasikh told the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) the Taliban attacked a convoy of Afghan forces in Warduj district, killing three ANA troops and injuring three Afghan National Civil Order Police personnel. He said two vehicles were also destroyed in the attack, adding six Taliban fighters were killed and eight more injured in the gunfight. He, however, said none of the Afghan security personnel had been captured by the Taliban.
The security forces launched search operation in the area after the attack, he said.