Taliban firing kills 2 civilians, wounds 5 in N. Afghanistan

PUL-E-KHUMRI, Afghanistan, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- At least two civilians lost their lives and five others sustained injuries after the Taliban militants opened fire on a police vehicle in Afghanistan's northern Baghlan province on Sunday, a local official said.

The official, who declined to be identified, said the Taliban fighters targeted a police van in a bazaar in Baghlan-e-Markazi district of Baghlan province at around noon, killing two civilians and wounding five others.

One of the injured in the firing is a police constable, the source added.

Meantime, Abdul Khalil Narmgoi, the director of hospital in Baghlan-e-Markazi district, confirmed with Xinhua that two dead bodies and five injured persons had been taken to hospital.