Publish Date: 24 April 2021 - 19:19

TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA) – A member of Afghanistan's Takhar provincial council announced seven Afghan soldiers are killed in a Taliban attack.

Salahuddin Borhani, a member of the Takhar Provincial Council made the announcement on Saturday.

He added that the attack was repelled after a few hours.

Taliban has not claimed responsibility for the attack yet. 

Takhar is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeast of the country next to Tajikistan.

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