Badakhshan province News

"Two female police officers went to their home in Spin Gul village of Argo district a couple of days ago to join their families but the Taliban insurgents after identification shot them dead on Wednesday," the official told Xinhua news agency.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during talks with Pakistan Prime Minister's Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz yesterday discussed a range of bilateral issues as well as the situation in Afghanistan.

At least nine Taliban militants were killed and eight others injured after stepping on an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted their fellow fighters in Afghanistan's northeastern Badakhshan province.