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Saturday 06 Jun 2015 - 15:48 Makkah mean time-19-8-1436
 Kabul (IINA) - Hundreds of Taliban fighters have wrested control of Badakhshan province's Yamgan district in northeastern Afghanistan after attacking the district headquarters from four directions, officials have said.
An Afghan local police commander said 10 police officers were killed in the attack which started at about 4am on Saturday, Al Jazeera reported. The toll differed slightly from that given by the parliamentary representative for the province, Abdul Wali Niazi, who told local media that seven police had been killed and three had been taken hostage. Abdullah Naji Nazari, the head of the provincial council, did not confirm the casualty figures, but said the centre of Yamgan had been captured by the Taliban. "The situation is tense and worrying if reinforcements are not sent in time," he said. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said fighters had taken control of several checkpoints and the district centre, killing several members of Afghan forces and seizing weapons.
In early May, at least 18 Afghan policemen were killed in a series of Taliban attacks in Badakhshan province. A surge in attacks has taken a heavy toll on civilians, according to the UN Assistance Mission to Afghanistan. In the first four months of 2015, civilian casualties jumped 16 percent from the same period last year, it said.
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