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Taliban gunmen wearing suicide vests stormed an apartment block in an Afghan provincial capital Paktia, sparking a gun battle with police that left four rebels dead, officials said. The militants seized the building near police headquarters in Gardez, capital of eastern Paktia province, and began firing at security forces as they surrounded the building, an official said.. So far we have killed four of them, provincial police chief, General Azizuddin Wardak told Media. There is still some resistance, I think one or two people are still alive and are resisting, he said. Two of the dead militants were wearing explosives-packed suicide vests which detonated when they were shot, he said.
