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Afghanistan: Taliban terrorists attack check-post, seven security officials killed

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Feb 10, 2019, at 05:38 pm

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Kabul, Feb 10 (IBNS): Taliban terrorists attacked a check-post in Afghanistan's Bala Baluk district and killed at least seven security officials, media reports said on Sunday.

Dadullah Qane, a member of the provincial council, told Pajhwok Afghan News the militants stormed the security check-post on the Farah-Kandahar highway in Chakaw area at 8pm.

Seven policemen were killed, he told the news agency, adding the rebels also took away weapons and ammunition from the post.
The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack.

Taliban spokesman Qari Yousuf Ahmadi told Pajhwok Afghan News that the fighters overran the post, killing seven policemen and seizing 11 weapons.

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