KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — At least 150 Taliban raided a police headquarters in western Afghanistan on Thursday, igniting a battle that killed two militants and two policemen before the insurgents were driven off, an official said.
The early morning clash in Farah province reinforced fears that Taliban militants under NATO attack in southern strongholds are relocating into previously calm areas in the west of the country.
Militants driving in dozens of pickups and firing rocket-propelled grenades surrounded the police compound in the Farah town of Bakwa at about 3 a.m., said Maj. Gen. Sayed Agha Saqeb, the provincial police chief.
Taliban forces held the compound for about one hour before police reinforcements arrived to push the militants out of the town, Saqeb said.
Two policemen were killed and two wounded, while two Taliban died and four others were wounded, Saqeb said.
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-09-14-taliban-raid_x.htm?csp=34Taliban try to capture Afghan district, two killed
KABUL (AFP) - About 150 Taliban stormed a district in western Afghanistan, taking control of the headquarters for about an hour before being repelled in a battle in which two insurgents were killed, police said.
It was the third major attack in the province in three days.
The rebels descended on the capital Bakwa district of western Farah province late Wednesday, sparking a three-hour battle, provincial police chief Sayed Agha Saqib told AFP on Thursday.
Police retreated from the district for one hour, he said.
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