KANDAHAR, (Afghanistan), Aug 25 (AFP): A roadside bomb killed three private security guards Saturday while two policemen and 15 Taliban died in fighting overnight in fresh violence in Afghanistan, officials said.
Two guards were also injured by the bomb that struck their vehicle on a road in Zahiri district of Kandahar province, provincial police commander, Sayed Aqa Saqib told AFP.
Separately, nine Taliban rebels and a policeman were killed in intense fighting Friday night in Ghazni Province, a district administration official said.
The clashes in the remote, Taliban-dominated Giru district lasted several hours, official Mahboob-Ullah told AFP.
"The bodies of the enemy casualties have been recovered. One of our policemen was martyred," he said.
20 including three guards killed in Afghan unrest
FE Team | Published: August 26, 2007 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00
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