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    Casualties as police, Taliban clash in Lashkargah

    LASHKARGAH (PAN): Two Taliban fighters were killed and five policemen injured during a clash in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, on Sunday, an official said.



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    30 rebels, militiamen perish in Ghor clashes

    CHAGHCHARAN (PAN): Eighteen militants, including Pakistani fighters, and a dozen pro-government militiamen were killed in the Pasaband district of Ghor province, an official said on Thursday.



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    Taliban blow up power pylons

    KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Taliban militants have blown up three power pylons in the Maiwand district of southern Kandahar province, disrupting electricity supply to several areas, an official said on Thursday.



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    Foreign citizen among 9 detained

    JALALABAD (PAN): Nine insurgents including a Pakistani citizen were arrested during an operation in eastern Nangarhar province, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) said on Monday.



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    3 insurgents blown up by own explosives

    GHAZNI CITY/ SHARAN (PAN): Three Taliban insurgents were killed and as many others wounded when the explosive device they were planting in the Qarabagh district of southern Ghazni province went off prematurely, an official said on Monday.



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    31 fighters eliminated in Helmand, Nuristan

    LASHKARGAH/ASADABAD (PAN): More than 30 insurgents have been killed in clashes with security personnel in Helmand and Nuristan provinces, officials said on Sunday.



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    3 rebels killed, as many civilians wounded

    MAIMANA (PAN): Three armed rebels were killed and as many civilians injured during two separate incidents in northern Faryab and Takhar provinces, an official said on Thursday.



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    Iranians among 11 killed in Farah strike

    FARAH (PAN): Two Iranian citizens and nine militants were killed and an explosives-laden truck destroyed during an airstrike by foreign troops in the Pusht-i-Rod district of western Farah province, an official said on Thursday.