LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Twelve policemen have been killed and nine others wounded in a Taliban attack in southern Helmand province, a reliable sources said on Saturday.
According to the source, the insurgents launched coordinated attacks on police check-posts in Nawa district, killing 12 policemen and injuring nine others.
Governor Hayatullah Hayat confirmed the overnight attacks but put the police fatalities at five. He said reinforcement had reached the site, killing 17 Taliban in a counterattack.
Three policemen and four Taliban were injured in the overnight . . .
