In Afghanistan, at least 10 security personnel were today killed as insurgents attacked a security checkpoint in Farah city. A member of the Farah provincial council, said, four of those killed were from the intelligence service and six were police personnel. He said security forces are battling the insurgents on three different fronts as they launched several attacks on checkpoints around the provincial capital. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, so far.
Elsewhere in Afghanistan, a suicide truck bomb struck a checkpoint in Helmand province, killing at least two border police.
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