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8 police killed in Taliban attack on Helmand checkpoint

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LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Eight policemen manning a check-post have been killed and two others wounded in a Taliban attack in southern Helmand province, an official said on Thursday.

Deputy police chief Gul Khan told Pajhwok Afghan News the militants attacked the check-post in Mukhtar Kala area between Greshk and Lashkargah late on Wednesday.

He said eight police personnel were killed and two others injured. Reinforcements arrived at the site but could not repulse the attack soon. The militants also suffered casualties, but Khan did not have . . .

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