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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) — Afghan police killed 12 rebels from the extremist Taliban move in a firefight in Afghanistan's insurgency-hit southern Kandahar province, a provincial spokesman has told AFP.

The militants attacked a police vehicle forward a highway in the province late Monday resulting in the injury of a policeman, Kandahar spokesman Daud Ahmadi said.

Police retaliated, sparking a gunfight. "Twelve Taliban were killed and individual policeman was wounded in the fighting last night," Ahmadi