Some 40 Taliban militants were killed and 14 were injured on Saturday in Afghanistan's eastern Paktika province as they attempted to attack the police checkposts at the Afghan-Pakistani border, Xinhua reported on Saturday, citing local officials.
"Dozens of militants crossed the Afghan-Pakistan border and stormed Afghan border police checkposts in Nahmat Abad area of the Gomal district at about 2 a.m. local time Saturday and the police repelled the attack. As a result 40 militants were killed and 14 injured," Xinhua quoted a provincial government’s spokesman as saying.
According to Xinhua, an Afghan Taliban top commander named Zanzer was among those killed.
Two policemen were slightly injured in the firefighting, the spokesman told the Xinhua, adding that NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) had contributed to the operation.
No casualties reported among civilans.
The Taliban has yet to comment on the incident.
