Six Afghan troops and two New Zealand soldiers were killed during a battle with cut-throats in Bamyan province on Saturday. More than 21 others were maimed in the battle.The New Zealand Defence Force said that their troops were near the town of Do Abe in Bamiyan coming to the aid of local security forces who had come under attack.
Badakhshan MP Wahidi Fakoori Behishti said that "one Afghan soldier remains unaccounted after the clash, which lasted for several hours in the area." The injured soldiers have been evacuated to a military hospital.
There is no exact information about the number of Taliban cut-throats casualties in the battle, he said.
New Zealand has around 150 soldiers in Afghanistan and has lost eight since 2003.
The New Zealand Defence Force did not have information immediately available as to whether any cut-throats were killed.