Afghan troops and police killed 17 rebels and wounded another five in two separate clashes in the southern province of Helmand, police said on Sunday. Three insurgents were killed and one was wounded in a firefight with police in Garmser district on Saturday afternoon, district police chief Ghulam Rasoul Aka told AFP. Following the incident Afghan soldiers and police launched a joint search in the district overnight. This sparked a battle lasting several hours with the Taliban in which 14 insurgents were killed, he said. “At least 14 Taliban bodies are still at the site of the clash from the overnight battle. Four Taliban were also wounded,” said Aka. No soldiers or police were hurt in either encounter, he said.| I love it when that happens. |
Two Afghan border police were killed and two were missing after armed men stormed a checkpoint in northwestern Afghanistan, police said Sunday. A group of unknown armed men attacked the police post overnight in Murghab district of Badghis province, provincial police chief general Shir Ali said. “Two border police are martyred and two are still missing after an attack on their post in Murghab district,” Ali said. “It is too early to blame the attack on anyone. We are investigating the issue now,” he said.