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Insurgents’ attack kills 3 police in S. Afghanistan
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Oct. 3, 2018 (BSS/XINHUA) – Three police have been
killed and six others sustained injuries as anti-government militants stormed
a checkpoint in Marof district of the southern Kandahar province on Tuesday,
police spokesman in the province Zia Durani said Wednesday.
Taliban militants, according to the official, were attempting to conduct a
car bombing in Marof district late Tuesday night but the vicious design had
been foiled by police and gun fight erupted which lasted for a while and
resultantly three police personnel lost their lives.
Six more police personnel sustained injuries in the firefight, Durani
confirmed.
The official also asserted that a number of Taliban militants were also
killed and injured in the firefight, but could not provide a figure.
Taliban militants are yet to make comment on the report.
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