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Clash leaves 8 Taliban dead in N. Afghanistan

Xinhua, August 11, 2015 Adjust font size:

Eight Taliban insurgents were killed and five others injured as clash erupted in Dand-e-Ghori district of Baghlan province with Pul-e-Khumri as its capital 250 north of Kabul on Tuesday, provincial police chief Abdul Jabbar Purduli said.

"Taliban rebels stormed security checkpoints in Dand-e-Ghori district early morning today triggering gun battle which is still continuing," Purduli told reporters here.

"Eight Talban rebels have been killed and five others including a senior commander Mullah Abdul Majid Akhund were injured," the official asserted.

Three security personnel have been injured in the fighting which is still continuing, he admitted. Endi