- publish: 6 August 2015
- time: 3:44 pm
- category: Security&Crime
- No: 537
Militants storm police checkpoint in Kandahar city, gunshots continues
A gun battle is ongoing after militants equipped with arms and suicide vests attacked a police checkpoint in Kandahar city.

A gun battle is ongoing after militants equipped with arms and suicide vests attacked a police checkpoint in Kandahar city, the provincial capital of the southern Kandahar province on Thursday, spokesman for provincial government Samim Khapalwak said.
A fierce gun battle between the two sides is ongoing.
Officials have not immediately released information regarding the attack.
Initial reports suggest that a policeman has embraced martyrdom and two assailants killed in the attack.