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AFGHANISTAN-GUN BATTLE
Gun battle kills 7 fighters in eastern Afghanistan
MAHMUD-E-RAQI, Afghanistan, March 21, 2020 (BSS/Xinhua)-Seven fighters including four pro-government militiamen and three militants have been confirmed dead as clash flared up in Nijrab district of Afghanistan’s eastern Kapisa province on Saturday, Provincial Police Spokesman Abdul Karim Shaeq said.
According to Shaeq, a group of Taliban insurgents stormed security checkpoints in the restive Nijrab district early Saturday morning, and triggered a gun battle lasting for a couple of hours.
As a result, three insurgents and four pro-government militiamen were killed.
One pro-government militia sustained wound in the firefight, the official added.
The Taliban outfit has been rejecting to talk with the Afghan government. In an overnight operation on Friday, it killed two dozen security personnel in the southern province of Zabul, officials said.
BSS/XINHUA/AU/16:00 hrs