| Three Taliban fighters were killed in an armed clash with Afghan soldiers in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province yesterday night, the Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) reported. Haji Wali Mohammad, a spokesman to the provincial governor, told AIP that the clash between the Taliban and Afghan forces took place in Nawzad district, north of Helmand province, adding that no Afghan soldiers were wounded in the fighting. Mohammad confirmed that two militiamen and their commander, Mahmoud, were killed in the clash. |