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2 policemen killed in clashes with Taliban in E. Afghanistan

Xinhua, March 11, 2016 Adjust font size:

Clashes between security forces and Taliban militants claimed two lives of local police in Ahmad Abad district of the eastern Paktia province on Thursday, provincial police chief Qadir Gul Zadran said Friday.

According to the official, the Taliban militants laid ambush in a village of Ahmad Abad district Thursday night, leaving two local policemen dead.

Police also returned fire and inflicted casualties on the armed militants, the official said without giving a specific figure.

Local police is community police, established years ago to defend their villages and rural areas where government forces' presence is slim. Enditem