LASHKARGAH/JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Two policemen and 10 rebels have been killed during clashes in different parts of the country, officials said Saturday.
Two policemen, five rebels were killed and seven others wounded in the ongoing Zulfiqar military offensive in southern Helmand province, Police Chief Nabi Jan Mulakhel said.
He said militants stormed police check post Friday night in the Marja district which resulted in casualties on both sides. Security officials cordoned-off the area but some assailants managed to flee the scene.
Meanwhile, Taliban spokesman Qari Yousuf Ahmadi claimed killing five security men in the Tarkha Nava locality.
Elsewhere, officials in eastern Nangarhar province claimed killing five insurgents and injuring another in Nazyano and Hisarak districts.
Police Spokesman Hazrat Hussain Mashraqiwal said four rebels were killed and another wounded during an airstrike that targeted a vehicle in Milwa locality.
However, he did not confirm the airstrike was conducted by Afghan forces or foreigners.
Separately, a dreaded Taliban commander Maulvi Qureshi was killed during an overnight rebels’ attack on police check post on the outskirts Hisarak district, Mashraqiwal said.
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