At Least 17 Afghans Killed In Taliban Attacks As U.S. Peace Envoy Heads To Region

At Least 17 Afghans Killed In Taliban Attacks As U.S. Peace Envoy Heads To Region: 

Taliban militants attacked an army outpost in the Khwaja Ghar district of the northern province of Takhar early on November 9, provincial police chief Abdul Rashid Bashir said.

At least 10 soldiers were killed and 12 were wounded in the hourlong battle before the militants were repulsed, Bashir said.