Puli Khumri

Taliban 'insider attack' on Afghan police base kills 11

Local officials of northern Baghlan province say insurgents managed to storm the base with ease after a sympathetic policeman opened a door for them.

Taliban attack second Afghan city as US envoy says deal is near

The spokesman for the Baghlan province police chief Jawed Basharat says gun battles continue on the outskirts of its capital Puli Khumri, a day after insurgent forces stormed the strategic northern city of Kunduz.