At least 15 Taliban militants were killed by the bodyguards of a district governor in Afghanistan's Takhar province on Thursday morning, a government spokesperson said.
"A group of armed Taliban fighters attacked the residence of Mullah Omar, the governor of Khwaja Ghar district, at around 5 a.m. on Thursday. The bodyguards of the district governor returned fire, leaving 15 attackers dead," Xinhua quoted provincial government spokesperson Sunatullah Timor as saying.
Taluqan city, the capital of Takhar province, is 245 km north of Kabul.
The bodies of the militants are with security personnel, the spokesperson added. Only one bodyguard of the governor was injured during the firefight.
Taliban militants have intensified terror activities since they launched so-called annual spring offensive on April 24 across the conflict-ridden Afghanistan.