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Gun battle in northern Afghan province leaves 4 dead

Xinhua, March 5, 2015 Adjust font size:

Four people were killed and two others injured as clash erupted between two illegal armed groups in the northern Kunduz province with Kunduz city as its capital 250 km north of Kabul on Thursday, a local official said.

"The clash flared up between two illegal armed groups in Khanabad district today morning and lasted for a while during which four persons were killed and two others injured from both sides," district governor Hayatullah Amiril told Xinhua.

Investigation has been initiated into the case to determine the reason for the conflict, he added.

Scores of illegal armed groups are active in different parts of the conflict-ridden Afghanistan and in many cases they create law and order problems. Endi