 Suspected Taliban militants killed two policemen in Afghanistan while a bomb blast claimed the lives of two militia soldiers working with security forces, said officials on Thursday. More than 60 suspected Taliban militants armed with machineguns and rockets raided the police post on Wednesday, killing one policeman and injuring four others, said Nimroz Governor Ghulam Dastagir Azad. Some Taliban fighters also appeared to have been killed in the two-hour gunfight, judging by blood and ripped clothes and shoes left at the scene, he added. A purported Taliban spokesman confirmed the clash but said the militants did not suffer any casualties. "Yes, we carried out that attack but we had no casualties. We believe four policemen were killed," Qari Yousuf Ahmadi told reporters by satellite phone from an unknown location. |