A gun battle between Afghan police and Taliban fighters left three militants dead and four injured in the troubled Helmand province, a local official said Saturday.
"Taliban rebels raided a police checkpoint in Gereshk district Friday night and police returned fire, killing three rebels and wounding four others," police chief of Gereshk district Zamarai Khan told Xinhua.
He did not say if there were any casualties on the police.
Meanwhile, a Taliban purported spokesman Qari Yusuf Ahmadi in talks with media via telephone from undisclosed location disputed the claim, saying seven policemen were killed in the firefight.
Taliban militants have vowed to speed up attacks against security forces this year in Afghanistan.
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