By Xinhua
Kabul : Six Taliban insurgents were killed when they attacked a private US security company in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province, a local official said Saturday.
A group of Taliban rebels raided a convoy of the USPI security company in Gereshk district on Friday afternoon, district chief Abdul Manaf told Xinhua.
The company’s guards and local policemen fought back, killing six of the rebels and injuring two others, he said, adding that there were no casualties among the guards or the police.
Meanwhile, a gun battle between militants and the police in Balablock district of the western Farah province Friday left three policemen dead, provincial police chief Abdul Rahman Sarjang said.
The rise in Taliban violence has seen over 4,500 persons killed in Afghanistan this year.