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Taliban attacks airport in southern Afghan city Kandahar

Other News Materials 8 December 2015 19:58 (UTC +04:00)
Taliban (an Islamic fundamentalist political movement in Afghanistan) insurgents attacked the airport in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar Dec.8 and were engaged in fighting with security forces
Taliban attacks airport in southern Afghan city Kandahar

Taliban (an Islamic fundamentalist political movement in Afghanistan) insurgents attacked the airport in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar Dec.8 and were engaged in fighting with security forces, the Reuters news agency reported.

"Several insurgents (have) taken up position inside a school and (are) firing at the airport," said Sameem Khpalwak, a spokesman for the local governor. He said there were no reports of casualties and Afghan government forces were returning fire.

Qari Yousuf Ahmadi, a Taliban spokesman, said a number of suicide attackers had entered the airport grounds and were fighting security forces.

The attack follows an earlier incident in which two suicide bombers died assaulting a police station in Kandahar, one of the traditional strongholds of the Taliban.

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