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18 April 2004 Sunday 27 Safar 1425



8 die in attack on Afghan security post


ISLAMABAD, April 17: Suspected Taliban militants attacked a security post in southwestern Afghanistan killing eight security officials, a private news agency reported on Saturday. The assailants arrived in three vehicles after sunset on Friday and opened fire on the security post on the Herat-Kandahar highway , the Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press quoted Nimroz provincial governor Abdul Karim Brahiwi as saying.

"There is no doubt that Taliban and Al Qaeda are involved in the attack," he said.-AFP

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