Mohammad Afzal, police chief of Takhar’s Warsaj district, was killed along with three bodyguards in a Taliban ambush on the Takhar-Baghlan highway on Friday morning, Jawid Basharat, a spokesman for the Baghlan police chief, said. 

The incident happened on the Takhar- Baghlan highway on Friday morning while he was heading to Kabul province, Basharat said.

However, he did not provide further details about the incident.

The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the attack.