Afghan Security Forces Kill 9 Taliban Fighters in Southern Afghanistan
The Afghan security forces killed nine members of
the Taliban movement in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar late on Friday
after the militants tried to overrun a security checkpoint, a local security
official said on Sunday.
"There was a clash between the Taliban and ANDSF
[Afghan National Defense and Security Forces] at the Takhtapul district CP
[checkpoint] in Kandahar which caused the death of 9 insurgents. The Taliban
claim it was overrun, but that is not true," the official tweeted as
quoted by the Khaama Press news Agency.
The security official added that the Afghan forces
maintained control over the checkpoint but one police officer had died during
the clashes.
The armed confrontation between Kabul and the
Taliban has been dragging on for years, with the insurgents perpetrating
regular attacks across the country, and the government conducting
anti-terrorist raids with support from the United States.
