27/08/2012 11:55
Afghan army killed 10 soldiers
Taliban insurgents have killed 10 soldiers after overrunning an Afghan army post in the troubled southern province of Helmand in a predawn attack, the Sky News reports.
Four soldiers were wounded and six others were missing following the attack on Monday in the province's Washir district, senior regional police officer Colonel Mohammad Ismaiel Hotak told AFP.
'There was an attack on one of our posts in Washir district. Ten soldiers are dead in that attack,' said Hotak, the deputy head of the regional co-ordinating body for the Afghan army and the US-led NATO force.
Daud Ahmadi, a spokesman for the Helmand provincial administration, confirmed the incident and said the attack was an 'insider' plot in which some army soldiers helped the rebels attack the post.
'The Taliban attacked a post in Washir and killed 10 soldiers,' he said.