Afghan Forces Kill Taliban Militants Who Seized Building In East -- Voice Of America
Officials say militants armed with heavy weapons and wearing suicide vests stormed the building Monday near a police station in Gardez.
Afghan officials say security forces have killed two heavily-armed Taliban militants who seized a building in an eastern provincial capital.
Officials say the two militants stormed the building Monday near a police station in Gardez, the capital of Paktia province. Officials say Afghan forces killed the attackers in a gun battle that lasted several hours. The fighting also wounded three civilians and a police officer.
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