Monitoring Desk
KANDAHAR: Taliban gunmen killed five Afghan police and wounded another in southern Kandahar province, sources said Tuesday.
The Taliban fighters attacked a security post in Talwakan area of Panjwayee district, killing five police and wounding another, informed sources told AIP.
The source said the Taliban retreated upon arrival of the police reinforcement in the area, adding the Taliban fighters used laser weapons in the attack.
Taliban spokesman Qari M. Yousaf Ahmadi asserted responsibility for the attack, saying said nine local police were killed and numerous weapons and ammunition were seized by the Taliban.
He confirmed that the Taliban used heavy and laser weapons in the attack.
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