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TALUQAN, Afghanistan, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- At least one insurgent was killed and three others injured after Taliban group stormed a police checkpoint in Darqad district of the northern Afghan Takhar province on Thursday night, police spokesman Abdul Khalil Asir said.
A group of Taliban fighters, according to the official, attacked a checkpoint in Darqat district last night and police retaliated forcing the militants to flee after leaving behind one dead body, and three more injured.
The strategically important Darqad district which borders Tajikistan has been the scene of fighting between government forces and Taliban militants over the past few years.
