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attack against security checkpoint in the picturesque provincial capital Pul-e-Alam.
Deedar Lawang, a front man for the Pashtun-infested Logar governor, told media that the Taliban had launched an offensive attack on Monday night in the village of Alozay in the Pul-e-Alam.
Lawang reported that another local policeman was maimed during the festivities in the Taliban’s attack.
He emphasized that five Taliban fighters had been killed and three others maimed in the festivities.
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Taliban front man Zabihullah Mujahid tweeted that 15 government forces had been killed and maimed in the attack.
Pashtun-infested Logar province in south Kabul is one of the most insecure provinces where the Taliban are active in various parts of the province, including Pul-e-Alam.