{"id":56714,"date":"2019-12-29T14:53:02","date_gmt":"2019-12-29T06:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=56714"},"modified":"2019-12-29T15:01:29","modified_gmt":"2019-12-29T07:01:29","slug":"17-pro-govt-militiamen-killed-in-clashes-in-n-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=56714","title":{"rendered":"17 Pro-Gov&#8217;t Militiamen Killed In Clashes In N. Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>TALUQAN, Afghanistan, Dec 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8211; At least 17 pro-government local militiamen were killed and four others wounded, when they fought back Taliban militants, in Afghanistan&#8217;s northern Takhar province, on Saturday night (last night), a provincial government spokesman said today (Sunday).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Taliban militants stormed a camp of local fighters in Khwaja Bahawoddin district, overnight Saturday. The local fighters fought back the attackers and some 10 militants were also killed during the fighting,&#8221; Spokesman, Mohammad Jawad Hijri, said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The militiamen, under the command of Malik Tatar, handle security checkpoints in the area, where Taliban militants frequently attack villages, according to Hijri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zabiullah Mujahid, a purported Taliban spokesman, claimed responsibility for the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The province has been the scene of heavy clashes between Taliban and security forces for a long time.&#8211; NNN-AGENCIES  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TALUQAN, Afghanistan, Dec 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8211; At least 17 pro-government local militiamen were killed and four others wounded, when they fought back Taliban militants, in Afghanistan&#8217;s northern Takhar province, on Saturday night (last night), a provincial government spokesman said today (Sunday). &#8220;Taliban militants stormed a camp of local fighters in Khwaja Bahawoddin district, overnight Saturday. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":56716,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[215,194],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56714"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/56716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}