Afghanistan- Police chief for Khogyani district killed in Taliban assault

(MENAFN- Afghanistan Times) AT News Report

KABUL: District Police Chief for Khogyani district and two
security personnel were killed when the Taliban stormed the police headquarters
on Thursday night in the southern province of Ghazni, the
provincial police said in a statement on Friday. 

Samiullah Popal, the acting police head for Khogyani
district, was among two other security personnel killed in an attack which
started when a group of Taliban fighters stormed the police
headquarters in the district, the statement said.

The statement added that four Taliban militants were also
killed in the ensuing clash with the security forces when another five security
personnel sustained injuries. 

In a separate incident, at least 10 Taliban
fighters were killed in an Afghan Special Forces' operation in Qarabagh
district of Ghazni on Thursday evening, the statement concluded.

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