CLASH WITH TALIBAN: In the southeastern province of Khost, border forces claimed they had killed 16 Taliban and Al Qaeda guerillas on Tuesday, repulsing a major attack in which five border policemen were also killed.
Border police officer Major Ghafar said the insurgents used heavy guns, rifles, mortars and rocket-propelled grenades to attack a base used by a border battalion in the Shinkai area east of Khost and adjacent to the border with Pakistan.
"The Taliban attack has been foiled. But we are continuing our mopping up," he said, adding that two Arabs from the Al Qaeda network had been captured.
Ghafar described it as the biggest attack in the area since the Taliban fell. Shellfire could be heard in the background as he spoke by satellite telephone.-Reuters
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