By Xinhua
Kabul : At least 10 Taliban militants and four policemen were killed in fighting between the Afghan troops and Taliban in different provinces of Afghanistan.
Afghan troops backed by NATO forces killed 10 Taliban fighters in Afghanistan’s southern Zabul province, a local official said Thursday.
“In the operation launched Wednesday night in Deh Chopan district, at least 10 rebels were killed and 14 others sustained injuries,” Fazal Bari, district chief of Deh Chopan, told Xinhua.
The gunfight between insurgents and police in Jalai district of the neighbouring Kandahar province left four policemen dead on the same day, Niaz Mohammad Sarhadi, district chief of Jalai said.
Taliban’s spokesman Qari Yusuf Ahmadi claimed responsibility for the incidents saying the militants carried out both the attacks.