At least four security force members and eight Taliban were killed and two other security force members were wounded in Balkh province on Wednesday night, said a local police official on Thursday. 

The incident happened in Timor-Sarai village in Balkh district on Wednesday night. The Taliban attacked  the security forces and the “clashes continued for more than three hours,” said Aid Shah Adil, a spokesman for the provincial police chief. 

He did not provide further details. 

The Taliban has not commented on the attack.