<img src='https://placeholdit.imgix.net/~text?txtsize=50&bg=ffffff&txtclr=dd0000&txt=12+killed+in+Afghan+Taliban+attack&w=720&h=360&fm=png' class=aligncenter size-full' alt="12 killed in Afghan Taliban attack" title="12 killed in Afghan Taliban attack" />Kabul, April 12 (IANS) At least 12 people, including a district governor, were killed on Thursday in a Taliban attack in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, a police official said.
"A group of Taliban militants attacked security checkpoints in Khawja Omari district at 3 a.m., triggering a fierce gunfight which lasted for hours," the official told Xinhua news agency.
Taliban militants have claimed responsibility and said that they captured the district headquarters.
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