Afghan official: Taliban attack police outpost, killing 4

KABUL - 25 August 2017: An Afghan official says that Taliban militants have attacked a security outpost in southern Kandahar province, the insurgents' former heartland, killing four soldiers.

Provincial police chief's spokesman, Zia Durrani, says the security forces repulsed the Taliban attack with the help of air support from the Afghan air force.

Durrani says the Friday morning attack also left seven policemen wounded, ABC News reported.

He says Taliban sustained heavy casualties. There was no immediate comment from the Taliban.

Elsewhere, provincial deputy police chief Nisar Ahmad Abdul Rahimzai says that Afghan security forces recaptured a district in eastern Paktia province from the insurgents.