Two men opened fire on government troops destroying opium poppy crops in central Afghanistan Thursday, killing one soldier before both gunmen also were fatally shot, an official said.The gunmen attacked a group of 50 militia soldiers as they worked in a poppy field near Deh Rawood in Uruzgan province, Gov. Jan Mohammed Khan said. A second soldier was wounded in the ensuing gunbattle. Khan claimed both assailants were known Taliban supporters, but didn’t elaborate. He said the poppy eradication effort in his province would go on.Full Story
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