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Badakhshan District Police Chief Killed In Taliban Attack
[ToloNews] Abdul Zahir, police chief of Kohistan...a backwoods district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa distinguished by being even more rustic than is the norm among the local Pashtuns.... district in Badakhshan, was killed on Tuesday night in a Taliban  ...the Pashtun equivalent of men...attack in the district, police said Wednesday. Sanaullah, Badakhshan police front man, said that the Taliban attacked the district and the clash went from 9:00 am till 12:00 am local time and during the clash a district police chief and two other police potted. At least four Taliban were killed, and five were maimed, and the Taliban was eventually forced to retreat, said the police. Three other coppers were also maimed in the clash, Sanaullah said. The Taliban have not commented yet. Related: Kohistan: 2020-07-23 250 Afghan Soldiers Killed in 3 Weeks: TOLOnews Investigation Kohistan: 2020-07-20 18 Taliban militants killed, wounded in Faryab clahes: Shaheen Corps Kohistan: 2020-07-16 Taliban Staged Attacks in 20 Provinces in Past Two Weeks: Reports Related: Badakhshan: 2020-09-27 Local Police Commander Killed in Taliban Attack in Badakhshan, Family kaboomed, Deputy Emir Toes Up Badakhshan: 2020-09-01 Taliban Self-Proclaimed District Governor Killed in Badakhshan Badakhshan: 2020-08-25 Kabul gets a new police chief Posted by: trailing wife 2020-10-01 |
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