Afghan official: Insurgents kill 29 border police
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Taliban insurgents overran two checkpoints in southern Helmand province and killed 29 border police officers, a provincial official said.
Bashir Ahmad Shakir, a provincial council member in Helmand province, said on Wednesday that the police officers were killed after a three-day battle, when reinforcements failed to arrive.
Shakir said the Taliban initially killed 21 officers and took eight hostages, but later killed the eight prisoners.
