SHARANA/LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Overnight clashes and a bomb blast left 20 insurgents and two security men dead in southern Helmand and southeastern Paktika provinces, officials said Monday.
Seven insurgents were killed and four others wounded during a clash with Afghan Local Police personnel in Towda area of Mata Khan district Sunday night, acting Paktika police chief Dadullah Khan Hotak said.
He told Pajhwok Afghan News another three militants were killed and as many injured in a blast caused by their own explosives in Dani area of Urgun district.
