Categories: Afghanistan

2 cops, 3 Taliban killed in gunfight

Monitoring Desk

KUNDUZ: Two local police and three Taliban gunmen were killed during a clash in the Chahardara district of Kunduz province, officials said Monday.

Taliban gunmen attacked a police post in the Babrica area of Chahardara district, sparking an hour long gunfight, said Niamatullah Taimouri, spokesman of Kunduz governor. He told AIP that the firefight left two local police and three Taliban dead with injuries to a local policeman. Local residents, however, said the local police casualties were higher than disclosed by the government officials.

There was no word by Taliban.

Kunduz is a troubled province in Afghanistan northeast where Taliban have huge presence.

 

The Frontier Post

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