Five Taliban militants were killed and six militants injured in a clash with the police in southern Afghan province of Zabul as the rebels were attacking a district chief's compound early Friday morning, a local official said.
Firefight erupted at 1 a.m. local time as a group of insurgents attacked the compound of district chief in Shinkay of Zabul and the hour-long clash caused no casualties on the police guarding the building, Barat Khan, Shinkay's district chief, told Xinhua.
Qari Yousuf Ahmadi, who claims to speak for the Taliban, told Xinhua from an unknown location over phone that his group took the responsibility, adding that five of their fighters and also seven policemen died in the fighting.
Afghan southern provinces have been the scene of Taliban-led insurgency, which usually came out as guerrilla-style attacks, like suicide blasts, roadside bombings and ambushes.
Source:Xinhua
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