LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): A gunbattle is ongoing between police and Taliban fighters in the Greshk district of southern Helmand province, causing casualties on both sides, officials said on Wednesday.
The insurgents attacked police checkpoints in the Adam Kala area of the district on Tuesday night when a firefight erupted. The clash was ongoing as of 10am, the district police chief, 1st Lt. Mohammad Ismael Khpalwak, told Pajhwok Afghan News.
Twenty Taliban fighters have been killed and 16 others wounded in the clash . . .
