At least five Taliban militants were killed and six injured on Friday in a gunfight with the police in southern Afghan province of Zabul, officials said Friday.The incident took place at 1 a.m. A group of insurgents attacked the office of the district chief in Shinkay in Zabul Province. The police have killed the militants in a gunfight, Shinkay district chief, Barat Khan, said.
Qari Yousuf Ahmadi, who claimed to be a spokesman for the Taliban, told Xinhua from an unknown location over telephone that his group took the responsibility.
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