VBy News report
JALALABAD: Five pro-government local militiamen were killed in an overnight attack in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, local government confirmed Sunday.
A fighting broke out when Taliban militants stormed a security outpost of a pro-government tribal militia group, known as Public Uprising Forces, in Kambo area of Khogiani district at midnight Saturday, the government said in a statement. The outpost was severely damaged as a result of the intense fighting.