KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Afghan police have arrested six Taliban militants in the northern Kunduz province on Saturday night, security forces spokesman Ghulam Hazrat Karimi said Sunday.

"A group of Taliban rebels were attempting to cross a main road late night in Khan Abad district for subversive activities but security forces, acting upon intelligence report, attacked the group and arrested six of them on the spot," Karimi told Xinhua.

All the arrested militants are being investigated, the official said.

Taliban militants are yet to make comment on the report.