Kandahar(Afghanistan) - Over 26 soldiers of Afghan's Kandahar military base were killed and 13 others were wounded in a Taliban attack in southern Kandahar province, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday. The militants "attacked an army camp in Karzali area of Khakrez district of Kandahar last night," MoD spokesman General Dawlat Waziri said. Afghan soldiers "bravely resisted," he added, killing more than 80 insurgents. Residents in the area described an hours-long attack launched by a 30-strong convoy carrying "hundreds" of Taliban who assaulted the base from multiple directions. There were no immediate confirmations by officials over the attack, but insurgents claimed the attack via their Twitter account.
