Kabul - An army general and four civilians have been killed by
the Taliban in northern and north-eastern Afghanistan in two separate
incidents, officials said on Monday.
General Attaullah Attaye was killed in an insurgent ambush in Kunduz
early Monday, a military spokesman said, adding that another officer
had been wounded in the incident.
Attaye had been travelling from Takhar to Baghlan when his vehicle
came under attack from insurgent in the Chaartoot area of Kunduz
province, the spokesman said.
Separately, Taliban insurgents shot dead three women and a child in
Sayaad district, Sar-e-Pul provincial police chief Khalilullah
Dastyar told dpa, adding that the reason for the killing was unclear.
The Taliban denied involvement in the incident.
In early January, four police were killed in a Taliban ambush in the
north-eastern Badakhshan province.