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Two policemen were injured and three others were missing after an intense battle in the mountainous province's Wardaj district, deputy provincial governor Shamsul Rahman Shams said.
"A big number of the Taliban carried out the attacks. The police were overpowered," he said from the provincial capital town of Faizabad.
"16 police were captured by the Taliban and taken away. Three others are also missing but we don't know what has happened to them," Shams said.
The rebels seized two police trucks and a quantity of ammunition.
Afghanistan's security forces, including about 170,000 police, are being trained, equipped and largely paid by a US-led NATO military coalition that has about 130,000 troops fighting the Taliban.
Mostly American, the force is scheduled to withdraw by the end of 2014 and hand over all security responsibilities to local forces. When the troops leave Afghanistan will have a total police and army force of 352,000.
Compared to their army counterparts, Afghan police are undertrained and underequipped and suffer more casualties in Taliban attacks.
from RTE
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KHAAMA report:
According to local authorities in north-eastern Badakhshan province heavy casualties were incurred to Afghan national police forces following armed clashes with anti-government armed militants in this province.
Provincial security chief Sakhidad confirming the report said the incident took place at Wardaj district after a number of the armed Taliban militants attacked a police check post.
He also said at least 3 police officers were killed and 3 others were injured following the incident while 16 others were taken hostage by the Taliban militants.
According to Mr. Sakhidad there were 43 Afghan national police service members in the check post and there are no news regarding the 21 other police officers who have gone missing following the clashes.
According to reports Taliban militants did not suffer any casualties.
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