6 Afghan soldiers were killed in a Taliban attack on a security forces station

6 Afghan soldiers were killed and 4 others were injured as a result of a Taliban attack targeting a security center in Badghis province, northwestern Afghanistan. .

The head of the Badghis State Council, Abdulaziz Beg – in statements reported by the (Russia Today) news channel on Saturday – that the attack took place in Qalaa Nu, the provincial capital, where the militants targeted a center of the Afghan General Protection Forces of the Ministry of Interior..

He pointed out that the attack also left seven missing in the ranks of the security forces .

The incident comes amid a sharp rise in violence in Afghanistan despite efforts to end decades of conflict through a political solution. .