KABUL, Oct 27: US-led forces and their Afghan allies have killed at least 20 members of Al Qaeda and remnants of the Taliban in a clash in southeastern Afghanistan, a top police official said on Monday.

At least three Afghan government soldiers were also killed in the fighting in Gomal district of Paktika province which took place on Friday, provincial police chief Dawlat Khan said.

“Gomal’s authorities a while back told me that there were Arab, Chechen and Taliban fighters among the 20 dead,” the official said, adding that US helicopter gunships were involved in the action.

At least four Taliban fighters were also arrested in the remote district, he said.—Reuters