Four Taliban militants including their commander were killed in Helmand province with Lashkar Gah as its capital 555 km south of Kabul on Saturday, police said.

"Taliban militants raided police checkpoints in Musa Qala and Sangin districts early Saturday and police returned fire, killing four insurgents including their commander Mullah Akhtar Mohammad and forcing others to flee," police spokesman in the province Farid Ahmad Abid told reporters.

There were no casualties on the side of police and civilians, he added.

Taliban militants are yet to make comment.

Notorious for militancy and poppy cultivation, Helmand has been regarded as Taliban's hotbed in Afghanistan. Endi

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