16 security personnel killed in Afghanistan
Thursday - July 20, 2017 1:14 pm ,
Category : WORLD
Kabul July 20 (IANS) Sixteen security personnel were killed and seven others injured on Thursday when Taliban militants attacked checkpoints in Afghanistan s Kandahar province an official said.
"A group of Taliban militants attacked the checkpoints in Shah Walikot district at around 2 a.m. " the official told Xinhua news agency. He said some militants were also killed in the attack but did not give an exact number.
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