LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Thirty Taliban fighters were killed and scores others wounded during an hours-long clash with police in southern Helmand province, an official said on Sunday.
Helmand police chief Brig. Gen. Nabi Jan Mullakel told reporters in Lashkargah, the provincial capital, the insurgents had been planning to block the Helmand-Kandahar highway in Greshk, Nehr Siraj and Sarkar districts against traffic.
But police clashed with the insurgents and the firefight lasted four hours, leaving 30 militants dead and a number of others wounded, he said, adding . . .
