Militants killed, police wounded in Zabul

QALAT (PAN fighters were killed and three policemen injured in two separate incidents in the southern province of Zabul, officials said on Friday.

The militants were killed during a joint operation by police and the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) on Thursday night in the Sewri district.

Pprovincial police chief, Brig. Gen. Fazal Ahmad Sherzad, told Pajhwok Afghan News a third rebel was captured by police

Two wakie-takies, three pistols, some ammunitions and documents were seized during the operation, he said.

Elsewhere in the province, three policemen were injured as a result of a remote-controlled bomb blast in the Mirano village of Mizan district, he concluded.

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