MAHMOUD-E-RAQI, Afghanistan, April 2 (Xinhua) -- Two pro-government militiamen were killed and 11 others wounded as a clash erupted in Afghanistan's eastern Kapisa province on Thursday, provincial police spokesman Abdul Shaeq Shurash said.
According to the official, the clash flared up after a group of Taliban militants stormed a security checkpoint in Shahtor Nawa area of the restive Tagab district early Thursday, triggering a gun battle which left two pro-government militiamen dead and 11 others wounded.
However, Shurash said the militants fled away after suffering casualties but could not give an exact figure.
Taliban militants, who are active in parts of Kapisa province with Mahmoud-e-Raqi as its capital 65 km north of Kabul, have yet to make comment on the clash.
