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| Afghanistan |
| Taliban attacks security checkpoint in Parwan Thursday |
| 2018-04-28 |
| Armed Taliban on Wednesday attacked security check posts in various areas in Parwan province, local officials said. According to Parwan security officials the Taliban attacked three security check posts in three districts of the province. Taliban attacked check posts in Syiah Gird, Shinwari and Shikh Ali district and clashed for several hours with security forces, but eventually they were forced to retreat, said officials. Alozai Ahmadi, a security official in Parwan province, said that during the clash two insurgents were killed and three others were wounded. He did not give any information about casualties among security forces. This comes after Taliban on Wednesday announced their spring offensive and in a statement on Thursday claimed to have conducted dozens of attacks across the country on the first day of their new fighting season. |
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