
Attackers strike Taliban vehicles in eastern Afghanistan, 5 people killed
India Today
Attackers struck Taliban vehicles in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday killing at least two fighters and three civilians.
Attackers struck Taliban vehicles in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, witnesses said, killing at least two fighters and three civilians in the latest violence since the group's takeover of the country in mid-August.
In one attack, gunmen opened fire on a Taliban vehicle at a local gas station in the provincial capital of Jalalabad, killing two fighters and a gas station attendant, witnesses said. A child was also killed, they added.

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