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Insurgents kill 11 Afghan soldiers in Farah
[DAWN] At least 11 soldiers were killed when their checkpoint came under an attack by snuffies in western Afghanistan, a provincial official said on Saturday.Mohammad Naser Mehri, front man for the Farah provincial governor, said four other soldiers were maimed in the shootout in Bala Buluk district. Mehri said nine snuffies were killed and 13 others maimed. Mehri said a "large number" of snuffies launched an attack late on Friday night and the battle continued into early Saturday. The Taliban ...Arabic for students... have not grabbed credit for the attack but Mehri blamed the group, which has recently stepped up assaults against Afghan cops in the province. In southern Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... province, meanwhile, a suicide boom-mobileer detonated his explosives at a joint army and police checkpoint, killing policeman, said Omar Zwak, front man for the provincial governor. Zwak said 11 other soldiers and police were maimed in the attack, which took place outskirt of Lashkar Gah, the scenic provincial capital. Posted by: Fred 2018-07-16 |
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