Six members of Afghan Public Protection Force were killed and four more were wounded in a Taliban attack on their outpost in Qala-e-Naw, the center of Badghis province, on Saturday, said Abdul Aziz Bek, the head of Badghis provincial council. 

The incident happened near the Herat-Badghis highway, he said. 

Badghis governor Hesamuddin Shams told TOLOnews that the soldiers were killed in a shooting by the security guards of a private construction company. 

Shams said the guards attacked the soldiers after joining the Taliban. 

He also confirmed that seven other soldiers are missing.