| (KUNA) -- Two Kurdish militants and a Turkish village guard were killed in armed clashes in Van distribut in eastern Turkey on Friday, part of the government's crack down on the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), security sources said. They added in press remarks the clashes occured in Erci town near the Iranian borders, saying that the Turkish forces were combing the area to hunt down for further PKK militants. The PKK militants have recently escalated their attacks against the Turkish government forces. |