23 August 2016

News Story: Afghan gun battle kills 15 insurgents

PUL-E-KHUMRI, Afghanistan, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Up to 15 militants have been killed and three others detained as clash flared up in Dand-e-Ghori district of Afghanistan's northern Baghlan province on Monday, provincial governor Abdul Sattar Bariz said.

According to the official, three more militants have been captured and a weapon cache of the insurgents destroyed during the fighting which erupted early Monday.

Read the full story at Xinhua