Taliban fighters attacked two checkpoints in western Afghanistan, killing at least 10 members of the security forces and pro-government group, officials said Monday, in a bloody 24 hours in the war-torn country.

At least 15 militants were killed in the fighting in Qadis and Ab Kamari districts of Badghis province that began late Sunday, provincial governor spokesman Jamshid Shahabi told AFP.

Provincial council chief Abdul Aziz Bek gave a higher death toll of 21 — 14 police and seven militia members — but that figure could not be immediately confirmed by AFP.

“The Taliban captured both checkpoints and took all the military equipment and ammunition with them,” Bek said.

Source: AFP