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| 7 Militants Killed in Attack on Nangarhar Airport |
| 2011-04-07 |
| [Tolo News] At least 7 gunnies were killed in attack on Nangarhar airport on Tuesday night in the east of Afghanistan, local officials said. The incident happened at 12:00 am local time last night while seven gunnies attacked on Nangarhar airport who were killed in festivities with Afghan forces, Alishah Paktiawal, police chief of the province told TOLOnews. Afghan forces have seized many weapons after the gunnies were killed, he added. Mr Paktiawal said Afghan and foreign forces suffered no casualties in the attack. No civilians were hurt in the incident, he added. No group including the Taliban has grabbed credit for the attack. Previously gunnies have many times attacked on Nangarhar airport without success. Nangarhar province is bordered by Pakistain and violence has recently increased in some parts of the province. |
| Posted by:Fred |