Afghanistan, Jan. 23 -- According to officials, the Taliban insurgents killed six police officers and wounded eight others in an ambush attack in the northern Baghlan and Takhar provinces on Wednesday night.

Khanzada Mazlomyar, the district governor of Baghlan-e-Markazi, confirmed the death of six police officers in the hands of Taliban militants on Wednesday night in Baghlan-Kunduz highway.

"Afghan forces were on their way to Baghlan-e-Markazi when they came under attack, as a result of which six policemen died, and least seven security personnel were wounded in the incident," Mazlomyar added.

Reports say that two civilians were killed and three others injured during the clash between the two sides, but there is no report on the Taliban...