| A Taliban spokesman claimed on Saturday that they had occupied an Afghan security force check-post after a three-hour fight in the Lal Pura area of Nangarhar province late on Friday. “Mujahideen (holy worriers) have also seized a huge quantity of arms, including anti-tank rockets, anti-aircraft guns and wireless equipment, after they overran the check-post,” Abu Nauman told Daily Times via telephone from an undisclosed location. He said the Taliban militants escaped in the mountains of the border with the weapons as “war booty” and torching the check-post. There was no independent confirmation of the claim nor did he give any death toll of either side. |