KABUL- Taliban insurgents burned down six civilian houses in Kunar province of Afghanistan on Tuesday night, local officials said today.

According to the provincial police chief Abdul Habib Sayedkhili, the Taliban ambushed local police outposts in Marwara district of the province two days ago, starting a clash with the local police in which seven insurgents were killed. The Taliban retaliated with torching civilian houses on fire in the district.

The Taliban have threatened to burn other houses too and because of these threats 154 families have fled their homes. The insurgent group has not yet commented about the attack.