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Bomb attack targets army in Kabul, wounds 2

He says five insurgents were killed and three wounded in the ensuing gun battles in the Baghlan-e-Markazi district. Fighting was ongoing elsewhere in the region, he added. Faredoon Obiadi, chief of criminal investigation department of Kabul police said Monday that the target of the attack was an army officer who is among wounded.

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The Afghan forces have beefed up security operations against the group since April following its annual spring offensive across the country.

The Afghan forces were also forced to retreat from some areas of Garamsir district last week while reports from the districts close to the provincial capital of Lashkargah suggested that the militants have managed to get close to the strategic city.

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the fighters captured the district and hoisted their white flag.

Authorities want to reduce and consolidate the checkpoints, but local residents frequently say they feel safer with them.

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Baghlan borders Kunduz province, where the Taliban briefly captured a provincial capital past year for the first time since they were ousted by a USA -led operation in 2001.In the southern province of Helmand, there has been fightingin four districts as Afghan forces hold off insurgents advancing on the provincial capital, government officials said. He said the insurgent base was targeted by ground forces backed by air strikes.

18 2016. REUTERS  Dado Ruvic  Illustration  File