KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): At least 17 Taliban insurgents have been killed and scores of others wounded in separate incidents of violence in southern Kandahar province, officials said on Wednesday.
Kandahar police spokesman, Zia Durrani, told Pajhwok Afghan News a group of rebels was busy making landmines in Band-i-Timor area of Maiwand district when the explosives went off, killing nine insurgents and wounding eight others. A Taliban commander named ‘Zawahari’ was among the dead.
Separately, insurgents waged coordinated attacks on police posts in Ghorak district, sparking . . .
