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| General Abdul Raziq - 2015 (File Photo) |
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- About 23 Afghan civilians had been killed by militants during the military conflict in a restive district in the country's southern province of Kandahar within two days, the provincial police chief said on Friday.
"Hundreds of militants stormed remote Nash district in an effort to capture the district control but the security forces repelled the attackers, leaving 29 militants dead," General Abdul Raziq told Xinhua.
He said six police personnel were also killed and four policemen wounded during the clashes over the past two days.
"The Taliban sneaked into several houses in villages across the district and martyred 23 civilians in retaliatory attacks. Among the killed were two women and five children," he said.
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