Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Jalalabad (BNA) Five armed Taliban were killed in a clash with police in Nangarhar province when the security forces wanted to destroy poppy cultivation in Khogyani district of that province.
Hazrat Hosain Mashreqiwal spokesman for Nangarhar security commandment said to BNA, this event occurred when the national army forces and police went to Wazir area, Khogyani district for destroying of poppy farms came under armed attack.
According to him, in this clash, five attackers attributed to Taliban group were killed and five others wounded.
Mashreqiwal said, 4 civilians have been wounded as well.
It is said that some days back, a clash took place in Wazir area, of Khogyani district for elimination of poppy farms in which 7 person were lost their lives.
T. Suraya-Yarzadas
