TEHRAN, Mar 17 - An overnight Taliban assault on checkpoints in northern Afghanistan killed 22 troops, after some 100 Afghan forces fled heavy fighting in the country's west last week and tried to cross into neighboring Turkmenistan, officials said Sunday.
TEHRAN, Jan 5 - An Afghan official says at least seven border police officers were killed when their checkpoint came under attack by insurgents in southern Kandahar province.
TEHRAN, June 20 - Taliban fighters killed at least 30 Afghan soldiers in an attack on two checkpoints in western Badghis province, a provincial official said.