JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Five local army soldiers have been killed and four others injured during an hours long gun-battle with Taliban insurgents in the Haska Mina district of eastern Nangarhar province, officials said on Friday.
Haska Mina district chief Zabit Khan Usmanzai told Pajhwok Afghan News the Taliban attacked a local army checkpoint in the area at around 1am last night and ensuing clash lasted for four hours.
However, he did not provide information about casualties.
Another reliable security source in Nangarhar told Pajhwok Afghan News on condition of anonymity that five local soldiers were killed and four others wounded . . .
