Alwaght- At least nine Afghan security forces were killed and several others were injured after a roadside bomb went off during an ongoing military operation in Afghanistan’s Balkh Province.
Munir Ahmad Farhad, spokesman for the governor of the northern Balkh province, said five militants have been also killed and dozens wounded on Saturday in the northern province’s Chimtal district, where afghan forces waging an ongoing operation against the Taliban.
In a separate incident, ISIS terrorists attacked the Darzab district headquarters in the neighboring Jawzjan province Saturday night, and that gun battles were still underway, said Mohammad Reza Ghafori, spokesman for the provincial governor.
"We have asked for reinforcements as well as air support to battle the IS militants there," he said.
Four Afghan reinforcements, including a unit commander, were killed in an ambush as they raced to the scene of the clashes, he said.
