| Taliban killed three soldiers in an attack on an Afghan army post in southern Afghanistan, triggering fierce clashes between the rivals, a report said Wednesday. The rebels targetted the post on Sangeen highway some 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of Helmand province capital of Lashkar Gah early Wednesday, Pakistan-based private information service Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) reported. Around three hundred Afghan soldiers chased the rebels and in ensuing clashes killed one Taliban and detained another, AIP quoted Helmand security chief Dad Mohammad Khan. "We have launched retaliatory attack after Taliban’s assault and have pushed them back," AIP quoted Khan as saying. The two sides were still engaged in fierce fighting in Chah Baber mountains, in Maywand district in the neighbouring Kandahar province, late Wednesday, Khan said. The security chief estimated that around 40 Taliban rebels were involved in the fighting. |