LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): A dozen police personnel have been killed and 15 others wounded in Taliban attacks on security check-posts in the Nawa district of southern Helmand province, a well-placed source said on Saturday.
The ensuing gunbattles, lasting until 3am, erupted a kilometre from the district centre late Friday night, a Nawa-based official confided to Pajhwok Afghan News. The dead included a police post commander named Sher Mohammad.
At least two police checkpoints collapsed as a result of the assaults, which also led to the . . .
