05 April 2016

News Story: 27 including 13 militants killed in Afghan conflicts

KABUL, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Conflicts have left 27 people including 13 militants and 14 police dead in Afghanistan over the past 24 hours, officials said on Monday.

Afghan defense ministry, in a statement, reported killing 13 armed insurgents and injuring 12 others since Sunday morning.

According to the statement, nine militants have been killed in Dand-e-Ghori district of the northern Baghlan province, four in Dehrawad district of the southern Uruzgan province.

It said that 12 more militants have been injured and five others captured in the eastern Paktia province over the period.

Two people including a police were killed and 10 others including civilians sustained injuries as blast rocked Khiwa district in the eastern Nangarhar province on Monday, provincial police spokesman Hazrat Hussain Mashriqwal said.

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