According to him, the Taliban * attacked the police headquarters.

“More than 30 other security personnel and police headquarters are under siege, unless reinforcements are deployed in the area, they will also be captured,” Saidi said.

Security officials in Faryab province do not comment on the militants' attack on the police department.

Earlier, the director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergei Naryshkin, said that the situation in Afghanistan was degrading, this could lead to a new escalation of the internal conflict.

* "Taliban" - the organization was recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of February 14, 2003.