4 Taliban militants killed in western Afghanistan clash
Kabul, May 6 (Xinhua-ANI): At least four Taliban militants were killed Sunday in a clash in the western Afghan province of Farah, authorities said.
"A group of armed militants launched an attack in the wee hour of Sunday morning on Afghan National Police (ANP) check posts along a main roadway in Bakwa district and the ANP repelled the attack killing four armed Taliban militants," deputy provincial police chief Mohammad Ghaus Malyar told Xinhua.
He said several rebels fled the area following the retaliation attack and that no members of ANP were injured in the incident.
The Taliban insurgents, whose regime was toppled in a U.S.-led incursion in late 2001, have intensified activities as the insurgents group announced to launch a spring rebel offensive dubbed "Al-Farooq" from May 3 across the country, saying their targets are foreign and Afghan troops as well as legislators and government functionaries.
Two people including a 12-year-old child were killed and two others including a tribal elder were injured when two separate roadside bombings went off in the country's southern province of Zabul on Saturday, the Afghan Interior Ministry confirmed in a statement on Sunday. (Xinhua-ANI)
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