The Defense Ministry said the attack began just before midnight on May 22 at Camp Achakzai in the Shah Walikot district.
Ministry spokesman Dawlat Wazeri said that at least 12 attackers were killed in a battle that lasted several hours overnight.
The Taliban and other militants have stepped up attacks in recent weeks in Afghanistan.
The number of Taliban attacks across Afghanistan climbs drastically every spring, when the militants increasingly target government officials and US-led foreign forces in the country. Many ordinary people often fall victim to such attacks as well.
Over 1,000 members of Afghan security forces as well as over 700 civilians have so far been killed this year, according to Afghan authorities and figures cited by the US-based Congressional watchdog Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR).
The US military is considering whether to deploy 3,000 to 5,000 more military advisers to help train and assist Afghan security forces battling a 16-year militancy by the Taliban after a US-led military invasion ousted the group from power in 2001.
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source : rferl, PressTV
Tuesday
23 May 2017
12:31:57 PM
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(AhlulBayt News Agency) - Afghan officials say militants have attacked an army base in the southern province of Kandahar, killing at least 10 soldiers and wounding nine.