[Quqnoos] Fighting between police and Taliban militants in the southern Ghazni province left 3 Taliban dead and 4 others hurt on SaturdayThe gun-battle erupted as the Taliban insurgents attacked a police checkpoint in Ghaznis restive district of Qara-Bagh, 25 km south of the provincial capital, said provincial Police Chief, Gen Kheyal Baz Shirzai.
Ghazni is a volatile southern Afghan province, where Taliban militants have had control of one of its major districts for the past year, Quqnoos correspondent, Qadeer Wafa, said.
At least one policeman was wounded in exchange of fire on Saturday morning, the official further said.
A day earlier, at least one police officer was killed and ten others were injured in a similar gun-battle with Taliban insurgents in the outskirts of the Ghazni city, the provincial centre.
Afghan officials say that four Taliban militants were killed in the Friday incident and four others were seriously wounded.
The Taliban have continued their post-election violence across the country.
| Clearly they're annoyed that people were not terrified enough not to vote. What do they tell one another round the secret Taliban campfire, "I was so scary, seven little schoolgirls stayed at home when their Mama went to vote!" "Well, I was so terrifying, I cut off three purple fingertips, after!!" |