21 January 2017

News Story: Afghan forces kill 4 militants, detain 2 foreigners

SARIPUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- At least four Taliban fighters have been killed and four others injured as security forces attacked militants' positions in Sayad district of the northern Saripul province on Thursday, provincial governor Mohammad Zahir Wahdat said Friday.

"Four Taliban rebels have been killed, four others injured and two foreign nationals have been arrested," Wahdat told reporters here.

"One of the arrested foreign nationals is from Turkmenistan and the other from Kazakhstan," the official said, adding, "both of them received terrorist training in Wazirustan tribal area of Pakistan."

Read the full story at Xinhua