Taliban in southern Afghanistan killed one US soldier and six Afghan policemen in two separate attacks on Friday, officials said. The six policemen, the latest blow to government forces in a week time, were killed when a group of Taliban stormed a police post in the country's troubled Kandahar province this morning.Police officials in the Maiwand area, where the attack was carried out, said about a dozen Taliban attacked the police post in the wee hours on Friday. They also fired rockets at the post. The exchange of fire continued for about half an hour. As a result, six policemen were killed. There are no reports about casualties among Taliban. Spokesman for the Taliban claimed seven cops had been gunned down in the early morning attack.
In a separate attack in the same region, a US soldier was killed when their convoy was attacked by Taliban. The attack was carried out in another volatile province Urozgan. The US military admitted loss of one of their soldiers in Taliban attack. A statement released here on Friday, the US soldiers were searching a weapon cache in Urozgan when they came under small-arms fire. "We will continue to relentlessly pursue the enemy and help the Afghan National Army bring security to the people of Afghanistan," said the military statement. It said an Afghan soldier was injured in