LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Security forces and Taliban militants clashed in southern Helmand province last night, with both sides claiming to have inflicted casualties on the other.
Abdul Basir Achakzai, 611 Highway Police commander, said the Taliban wanted to storm their post on the Sangin road but the security forces offered stiff resistance and called in air support.
He said 29 attackers were killed and eight others were wounded in the ensuing clash. He said the rebels suffered most of the casualties in airstrikes that followed.
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