LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): At least 14 policemen and civilians were killed and wounded during a Taliban attack on a police station in the limits of the 2nd police district of Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, on Monday.
Omar Zwak, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the Taliban attack had been effectively repulsed and security forces had retaken areas that fell to the insurgents earlier in the day.
Earlier, a security official confided to Pajhwok Afghan News the militants had seized the post before noon . . .
