Taliban Commando Unit captures Afghan Army Base - 13 dead

A Taliban Commando unit consisting of four gunmen has captured an Afghan national army recruitment centre in Kunduz.

According to reports, the four gunmen, armed with assault rifles and grenades engaged in a gun battle with Afghan security forces inside the centre. Two of the insurgents detonated suicide bomb belts. At least 13 Afghan soldiers and police are reported to have been killed and many others injured. The two remaining militants continued to occupy the building until they ran out of ammunition and detonated their suicide belts.

In Kabul 5 Afghan soldiers were killed and 9 wounded after two insurgents carried out a gun and bomb attack on their vehicle. One Taliban member also died in the attack.

Meanwhile, in a seperate attack, the District Chief of the Chahar Dara district survived a roadside bomb attack on his convoy. His vehicle then came under fire but all of his security team managed to escape.

A NATO soldier has also been killed in a bomb attack in southern Afghanistan.