Kandahar, Aug 07: Dozens of suspected Taliban attacked a district government office in southern Afghanistan today, killing 6 Afghan soldiers and an Afghan driver for an American Aid Organization, a provincial intelligence chief said.
The attack occurred in Deshu district, about 180 km south of Lashkargah, the capital of Helmand province.
At least 6 Afghans working for the American Aid Organization mercy corps were conducting an agricultural survey in the region and were staying in the building at the time, said the intelligence chief, Dad Mohammed Khan.
Khan said about 40 suspected Taliban fighters drove up in four vehicles, entered the government offices and opened fire.
"A driver who was sleeping in a room along with the soldiers died,'' he said.

None of the other Afghan mercy corps employees were injured, Khan said.

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Khan gave no other details, but said his men were pursuing the attackers.

Mercy corps could not immediately be reached for comment.
Bureau Report