Afghan official says Taliban kill 5 workers clearing land mines
Updated On: 21 May, 2018 05:49 PM IST | AP
Zia Durrani, the spokesman for the provincial police chief, says a sixth worker is missing and his fate is unknown following the attack on Monday morning in the district of Maiwand
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An Afghan official says the Taliban killed at least five members of a demining team in southern Kandahar province. Zia Durrani, the spokesman for the provincial police chief, says a sixth worker is missing and his fate is unknown following the attack on Monday morning in the district of Maiwand.
Durrani says the de-miners were working for the TAPI national project, clearing a segment for a planned gas pipeline from central Asia that's headed to Pakistan and India through Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, Karim Yuresh, the police spokesman in northern Faryab province, says the Taliban attacked a district headquarters on Sunday night, burning down about 50 shops in Khuaja Sabz Posh district. He says reinforcements repelled the attackers. Six insurgents were killed and 10 were wounded.
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The Taliban haven't claimed responsibility for either attack.
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