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Militants' attack claim 4 police lives in S. Afghanistan

Xinhua, March 5, 2016 Adjust font size:

Attack on a security checkpoint, obviously conducted by Taliban militants claimed the lives of four police personnel in Nad Ali district of the southern Helmand province on Saturday, a security official said.

"Taliban militants attacked a security checkpoint in Naqilabad area of Nad Ali district early Saturday killing four police personnel," the official told Xinhua, but declined to be identified.

Meantime, Omar Zawak the spokesman for Helmand provincial administration confirmed the incident but refused to comment on possible casualties.

Taliban militants who have been fighting the government forces in several districts of the troubled Helmand province haven't commented. Enditem