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AFGHANISTAN-GUN BATTLE-DEATH
Gun battle leaves over a dozen dead in N. Afghanistan
JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Nov 11, 2018 (BSS/Xinhua) – Over a dozen people,
mostly security personnel were killed as the armed militants stormed security
checkpoints in Burka district of Afghanistan’s northern Baghlan province on
Saturday night, member of provincial council Bismillah Atash said Sunday.
The militants, according to the official, attacked some security
checkpoints in Falul area of Burka district late Saturday night, killing over
a dozen people with majority of them security personnel.
Taliban militants also suffered casualties in the fighting that lasted for
a while, the official added.
Burka district has been regarded as a stronghold of Taliban militants in
the restive Baghlan province.
BSS/XINHUA/FI/ 1436 hrs