KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan official says three policemen and two insurgents have been killed in a gunbattle in the southern city of Kandahar.
Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said Wednesday that police came under fire when they surrounded a house in the city overnight. They had received a tip that insurgents were hiding inside and were planning to attack a nearby police station.
Sediqqi said the three dead policemen included the district chief.
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