Taliban insurgents attacks checkpoint in central province, 8 soldiers died: Afghan official

(G.N.S) Dt. 26 Kabul Taliban insurgents have attacked a checkpoint in a central province and killed at least eight Afghan soldiers. Anwar Rahmati, the governor of Daykundi province where the attack took place, says four soldiers were also wounded in the hourslong gunbattle. He said reinforcements were dispatched early Sunday