PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): Seven security personnel were killed and four others wounded after Taliban insurgents ambushed their vehicle in the Mohammad Agha district of central Logar province on Sunday.
The rebels attacked the pick up vehicle of the public order police in Sangarkhel area this afternoon, said police spokesman Gul Ahmad Haideri.
He said seven security guards of the Mes Ainak copper mine were killed and four others injured in the attack.
The attackers then fled the area, said Ali Ahmad, a resident of the Sangarkhel area.
Taliban insurgents have so far said nothing about the attack, the fifth such attack on the mine guards during the past three months.
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