Four Taliban militants were killed and five others sustained injuries as the Taliban insurgents stormed police checkpoint in the relatively peaceful Baghlan province, north of Afghanistan, police said. "A group of militants raided police checkpoint in Gerdab area Friday night, and police returned fire, killing four rebels and injuring five others," Daud Behsharat the spokesman of police in the province told Xinhua.
He also said that two policemen sustained injuries in the firefight.
The militants a day earlier attacked convoy of oil tankers of a private company in the neighboring Kunduz province, killing a driver's helper and destroying two oil tankers.
Taliban militants fighting Afghan and foreign troops have shifted activities from their tradition stronghold in south to relatively peaceful northern province over the past couple of months.