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ISLAMABAD, July 29 (KUNA) -- At least eight Afghan security contractors
were killed and three wounded in bloody clashes on Thursday in Southern Afghan
province of Ghazni.
In related incidents, about six civilians were killed in two separate bomb
explosion incidents.
The clashes took place in Andar district of the province between Taliban
militants and guards of Watan Risk company, a security company which provides
security to NATO logistic convoys, citing provincial police chief, Khayalbaz
Shirazi, local news channels reported.
They said the three guards were wounded and at least eight were killed in
the incident, said the reports.
Meanwhile, six Afghan civilians were killed and three were wounded in
improvised explosive device attacks in Afghanistan on Wednesday, NATO's
International Security Assistance Force said on Thursday in a statement,
posted on its website.
Four civilians were killed and three wounded in Zabul province in the south
and two died in Nimroz province in the southwest, said the statement. (end)
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