Thursday, January 19, 2012

Two policemen among 12 killed in Afghan clash

Two policemen and 12 Taliban militants, among them a rebel commander, were killed Thursday in a fierce gunfight at a check post in southern Afghanistan.

The attack took place around 4.00 p.m. in Jazi area of Helmand province.

"A group of armed militants stormed a police checkpoint in at around 04:00 local time on Thursday in Jazi area of Naw Zad district but the Afghan National Police repelled the attack," the spokesman Daud Ahmadi told Xinhua.

The clash triggered a gunfight that lasted for four hours. As a result 12 armed militants including their commander Mullah Abdul Baqi were killed.

He said the militants used small rifle and rocket propelled grenades to attack the security checkpoint, adding that two policemen were also killed and three others were injured in the fighting.



from XINHUA


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