...the Pashtun equivalent of men...offensive on Monday night in Badakhshan Province.
Abdullah Naji Nazar, a member of the Badakhshan Provincial Council told the media that the coppers were killed when the Taliban attacked a security outpost in the region.
Taliban has reportedly attacked and burned the police base, Nazari said.
According to Nazari Taliban seized all the weapons belonging to ANP.
Badakhshan police also confirmed the Taliban attack, but did not further provide details about the casualties.
So far, the Taliban did not comment on the incident.
Taliban has not officially announced their spring operations but Experts have linked such attacks to unannounced lunch of the Taliban spring offensives, just like in the past.
Previously, in another incident, two coppers were killed and six others were maimed in a Taliban attack in Baghlan province, local officials told the media.
During the battle an armored police Humvee was also wrecked and another was taken by the Talibs.
Sources said that eight police members were killed and three more were maimed in a Taliban attack on their outpost in Zibak district in the northeastern province of Badakhshan after midnight on Tuesday.
The Sarkohi area is located in the center of Zibak district, according to sources, who said it fell to the Taliban after hours of festivities. But the outpost was retaken by security forces, sources said.
According to sources, the Taliban has also suffered casualties in the attack.