Pakistani militant killed, two injured in Afghanistan

Pakistani militant killed, two injured in Afghanistan

By Mudassir Ali Shah

KABUL: A ‘Pakistani Taliban’ was killed while two others suffered injuries in an overnight clash with security forces in the southwestern Helmand province, officials said on Tuesday.

Haji Mohammad Wali, spokesman for the Helmand province governor, said the body of the Pakistani fighter was still lying at the scene of the clash in Baghny district. He refused to say how armed Pakistanis had entered the troubled province despite improved border security.

Helmand’s Deputy Police chief Haji Mohammad Ayub claimed two Kalashnikov assault rifles, as many hand-grenades and a walkie-talkie had been seized from the combatants.