Taliban kill 4 Afghan troops

Afghan officials say a Taliban assault on a military convoy in southwestern Badghis province left four Afghan soldiers dead, ABC News reported.

Mohammad Nasir Nazari, a member of the Badghis provincial council, said the ambush by the Taliban insurgents on the convoy traveling early on Thursday through the provincial capital of Qalay-e-Now, also wounded seven soldiers.

Separately, Afghan special forces called in a NATO airstrike during an operation late on Wednesday against Taliban fighters in eastern Logar province.