KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): At least 45 Taliban insurgents and 22 policemen have been killed as insurgents stormed security checkpoints in Maiwand district of southern Kandahar province, an official said on Tuesday.
Police spokesman Zia Durrani told Pajhwok Afghan News that hundreds of militants attacked security check-posts in the district on Monday night. 22 police personnel were killed and 15 others wounded.
Forty- five militants were also killed and 35 others injured in retaliatory gun fires of security forces, he said, adding the militants wanted to overrun . . .
