Taliban kill 3 soldiers in attack on checkpoints in Eastern Afghanistan
Kabul/Sputnik/UNI: Three Afghan soldiers were killed and five others injured in a gunfight with Taliban militants in the eastern Afghan province of Paktia, a spokesman for the governor said on Sunday.
"Last night, insurgents fought for several hours at Afghan checkpoints in the Loari area of Chamkani district and Muqbalo area of Patan district and killed three soldiers and injured five others," Abdullah Hasrat said.
Government forces killed eight insurgents and wounded five others, he added.
The Taliban have not yet commented on the clashes.
The Pentagon said in a quarterly report published this week that the Taliban had increased attacks on Afghan forces to levels above seasonal norms in the month following the signing of the US-Taliban peace deal in late February.
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