LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, (PNA/Xinhua) — Two Taliban insurgents were killed and two police sustained injuries as conflict erupted in Marja District of the southern Helmand Province early Friday, a local official said.
“A group of Taliban rebels attacked a police checkpoint in Marja District early today morning and police returned fire killing two rebels on the spot, forcing others to flee,” spokesman for Helmand’s governor, Omar Zawak told Xinhua.
He also confirmed that two police constables sustained injuries in the firefight which lasted for a while.
Meantime, Qari Yusuf Ahmadi, who claims to speak for the Taliban outfit, confirmed the conflict in talks with media via telephone from unknown location, insisting five police were killed in the clash, a claim denied by Zawak as groundless.