Taliban Attack Afghan Military Post, 13 dead

                            

KABUL, KOMPAS.com - At least 100 heavily armed Taliban stormed a military post in Nari district, Kunar province, near the border with Pakistan, (Friday, 04/13/2013). The attack killed 13 Afghan soldiers.

Taliban forces armed with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades, attacked the military post of the three majors in the early morning.

"The attackers used heavy weapons, "said a police officer Nari district, who declined to be named.

" We found 13 bodies of our troops and military outpost was almost completely destroyed, "he added.

Taliban forces eventually repelled after military and Afghan police arrive on the scene of the attack.

Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman Gen. Mohammad Zaher Azimi confirmed that the attack in Nari district. However, he did not mention the death toll.

"We're still in the process of gathering information," Azimi said.

Meanwhile, Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid claimed responsibility it responsibility for the attack. He also added that all the weapons and ammunition at a military post that was captured.

The border between Afghanistan and Pakistan into a battlefield between government forces and Taliban militants. Many of the members of the Taliban hiding in Pakistan and launching attacks against Afghan and U.S. forces from Pakistan.