TALUQAN, Afghanistan, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- At least 17 pro-government local militiamen were killed and four others wounded when they fought back Taliban militants in Afghanistan's northern Takhar province during Saturday night, a provincial government spokesman said on Sunday.
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