ISLAMABAD, tribe 10 Kyodo Local a...

ISLAMABAD, tribe 10 Kyodo

Local administration bands in the eastern Afghan province of Khost have repuls an attack by dint of fighters loyal to renegade warlord Pacha Khan Zadran who are now in succession the run, Afghan Islamic Pres (AIP) has reported, quoting a spokesman of the provincial governor.

Spokesman Mohammad Khan Gurbuz said the local company s are now pursuing Zadran's fighters, who have been pushed 30 kilometers from the city.

The fighters no longer artificial position any threat to the local administration and residents of the city, he added.

An earlier report by way of AIP said the fighters of the rebel warlord launched an infantry attack upon the government troops at Badam Bagh, about 7 km west of the city, after raining rocket and mortars above the city overnight.

Gurbuz said that undivided civilian was killed and four injured in the attack while and nothing else two fighters of the local administration were injured.

AIP reported that spokesmen of the local administration and rebel warlord were making conflicting claims about the situation however independent sources were of the view that Zadran has missing the fight.

Gurbuz claimed that rebel fighters were trying to organize themselves at Nadirkot, nearly 30 km from the city, while a spokesman for Zadran claimed that their forces were moving forward.

Zadran claims authority athwart the provinces of Khost, Paktia and Paktika.

He was appointed governor of Paktia in January at Afghan leader Hamid Karzai still later removed from the station due to a conflict with a local ''shura'' advisory council.

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