Afghan security forces killed two Taliban militants who were involved in a recent attack on a mobile phone tower in western Afghanistan, police said Tuesday. Five other rebels were captured following the clash in Obe district of Herat province late Monday, regional police spokesman Abdul Rauf Ahmadi told AFP. One of the captured men was wounded, he added. "The terrorists killed were part of a group which is responsible for attacking a cell phone mast in the district on March 11," Ahmadi told AFP.Taliban rebels have attacked about a dozen cell phone masts since issuing a warning last month that they would target the technology, which they say is being used to pinpoint their hideouts.
In a suicide attack Monday two Danish and one Czech solider were killed in southern Helmand province. Taliban claimed responsibility.
In a separate incident Afghan army troops on Monday killed a Taliban-linked rebel who was planting a mine on a road in the eastern province of Kunar where the insurgents are active, the defence ministry said in a statement.
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