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Local Taliban commander 7 killed in separate clashes in Kandahar province
[KhaamaPress] At least seven Talibs including a local commander of the group were killed during separate festivities in southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan.

The Ministry of Interior (MoI) in a statement said the festivities took place in Nish and Khakrez districts of the province.

"Yesterday, a senior local commander of armed Taliban
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was killed in a clash with Afghan National Police and Afghan National Army," the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said in a statement.

The statement further added that the clash took place in Shin Kian region, Nish district, southern Kandahar province.

"In a separate report, six armed Taliban were killed and three other armed Taliban were maimed in a clash with Afghan National Police," the statement by MoI added.

"The incident took place in Mandigak region, Khakriz district, southern Kandahar province," MoI said, adding that "No ANP and civilian was harmed during the incident."

The anti-government armed murderous Moslem groups including Talibs have not commented regarding the report so far.

This comes as the security situation in southern Kandahar province had improved comparatively during the recent years where fewer security related incidents have been reported as compared to the other southern provinces.

Two Explosions Shake Kandahar City

[ToloNews] Two kabooms were reported in Kandahar city in Sunday night, wounding at least six coppers, officials said.

One Afghan National Police (ANP) officer was maimed in the first IED kaboom in Kandahar’s PD14. Local officials said the bomb had been placed in an electrical box.

A second IED exploded when first responders rushed to the scene. The exact casualty toll from the second kaboom is not yet known, the provincial governor’s front man said.

But, unconfirmed reports say that at least 6 police were maimed in the second blast.
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