The Taliban made two separate attacks in Afghanistan Thursday, killing up to 8 police, according to officials.
AP reported the spokesman for the governor of the southern Ghazni province, Arif Noori, as saying that six police were killed in an attack on security posts early Thursday. He also said that four others were wounded.
"At least seven insurgents were killed in the hours-long gunbattle," he added.
In the northern Baghlan province, the Taliban killed two police and wounded another three, according to police spokesman Zabiullah Shuja.
No one immediately claimed either attack.
The Taliban have seized several districts across the country in recent years, and carry out near-daily attacks, mainly targeting security forces, according to AP.
They resumed their attacks after a three-day cease-fire last weekend coinciding with the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday.
