Six Taliban insurgents were killed as they attacked a private U.S. security company in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province, a local official said Saturday.
A group of Taliban rebels raided a convoy of the USPI company in Gereshk district on Friday afternoon, district chief Abdul Manaf told Xinhua.
Both the company's guards and local police fought back, killing six rebels and injuring two others, he said, adding that there were no casualties on the guards and the police.
Meantime, a gun battle between militants and the police in Balablock district of the western Farah province on Friday left three policemen dead, provincial police chief Abdul Rahman Sarjang said.
Due to rising Taliban violence, over 4,500 persons have been killed in Afghanistan this year.
Source: Xinhua
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