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Two Afghan policemen killed as Taliban ambush convoy
[DAWN] At least two Afghan coppers were killed and three others injured after the Talibs ambushed a police convoy, said Afghan officials.Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... front man Qari Yusuf claimed that 36 coppers were killed in Thursday's attack, in the country's volatile Kandahar province, but bully boyz routinely exaggerate their gains and casualties among government forces. Police front man Zia Durrani says the attack triggered a protracted firefight that lasted nine hours. Durrani claimed after the firefight was over, bodies of several Taliban fighters still lay by the roadside at the site of the attack at Shah Wali Kot, located about 80 kilometers from the city of Kandahar, the capital of a southern province by the same name. Kandahar is strategically important because it borders Pakistain and was the spiritual heartland of the Taliban. Posted by: Fred 2017-07-21 |
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