A militant was killed and another one was injured in a failed attack on a patrol of the Afghan Intelligence – National Directorate of Security (NDS) in southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan.
The incident took place around 11:00 am local time after in the provincial city of Kandahar, local officials said.
Provincial police spokesman Zia Durani confirmed that the two gunmen opened fire on NDS patrol in the 3rd police district of Kandahar city.
He said one of the militant was killed and another one was detained after sustaining injuries when the NDS personnel returned fire.
According to Durani, an NDS operative also sustained injuries during the gun battle and weapons along with ammunition belonging to the assailants were confiscated.
No group including the Taliban militants has so far claimed responsibility behind the incident.
Kandahar is among the relatively volatile provinces in southern Afghanistan where anti-government armed militant groups are actively operting a number of its districts and often carry out insurgency activities.http://www.khaama.com/militants-suffer-casualties-in-failed-attack-on-nds-patrol-in-kandahar-0055
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