4 Taliban militants die in Afghanistan
About 60 suspected Taliban militants attacked a police checkpoint in southern Afghanistan, starting a battle in which four militants died, police said Saturday. The clash occurred Friday in the Khas Uruzgan district of southern Uruzgan province, said Mohammad Zahir, the district police chief. The militants attacked a checkpoint near the district police headquarters, and NATO and Afghan soldiers came to the aid of the police, Zahir said. He said there were no casualties among the Afghan security forces or NATO. Full Story