Taliban ambush kills local police chief in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A district police chief in Afghanistan was killed in a Taliban ambush as he rushed to a checkpoint that was under attack, an official said.

Iqbal Bahir, the spokesman for the police chief of the western Farah province, said two other policemen were wounded in the attack late Monday.

The Taliban, who carry out near-daily assaults on Afghan security forces, claimed the attack.

Elsewhere in Afghanistan, an official said airstrikes in the northern Jawzjan province killed at least 26 Islamic State fighters. Mohammad Reza Ghafori, spokesman for the provincial governor, said those killed included foreign fighters from France and Uzbekistan. He says another 20 militants were wounded.