Afghan soldiers News
The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the twin suicide car bombings at an army camp in Kandahar.
Meanwhile, US forces in Afghanistan have released a statement and confirmed the death of Afghan border soldiers during overnight operations in Helmand.
Enemies of Afghanistan attacked Achakzai camp of army corps 205 in Shah Wali Kot district.
Afghanistan on Monday rejected "celebratory" reports of a Pakistani paramilitary force claiming that it had killed 50 Afghan soldiers in border clashes last week, saying only two Afghan soldiers had died.
The exact toll from Friday's assault in the northern province of Balkh remained unclear, with some local officials putting the number of dead alone as high as 130.
An Afghan official says the Taliban have attacked a military checkpoint in a southern province, killing three Afghan soldiers.
Tension remained high at a Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing as firing between forces of the two countries claimed the lives of five Afghans, including three soldiers, since Sunday, while a Pakistani Army major wounded in the clashes died on Wednesday.
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