Taliban militants attacked a southern Afghan town Thursday, sparking intense fighting with Afghan troops, the defense ministry said. The militants used mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine guns in the attack on Naw Zad, in volatile Helmand province around 8:00 a.m. (0330 GMT), said Defense Ministry spokesman Gen. Zahir Azimi.He said that the fighting between the Taliban and Afghan army troops was "intense," but that he had no further details about the scale of the assault or casualties. ...
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