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Eight police killed in Taliban attacks in Afghanistan
[NEWS24] An Afghan official says eight police have been killed in attacks on three checkpoints in southern Kandahar province.Zia Durani, spokesperson for the provincial police chief, said on Thursday the Taliban ...Arabic for students... attacked police checkpoints overnight in the districts of Khakrezm Arghistan and Nasheen. Durani says 22 Taliban fighters were also killed in the attacks. The fighting was particularly fierce in Nasheen district, he says. Taliban spokesperson Qari Yousof Ahmadi grabbed credit for the attacks. Elsewhere, in western Hirat province on Thursday, a Taliban gunman attacked an army bus, killing one officer and wounding two others, according to Jilani Farhad, spokesperson for the provincial governor. Posted by: Fred 2017-05-19 |
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