
HERAT: Six Afghan soldiers were killed, one of them beheaded, in a battle with Taliban insurgents, authorities said on Tuesday. At least 10 militants, reportedly, also died in the fighting.Five of the soldiers were killed in a gunfight that erupted after Taliban militants ambushed an army patrol late on Monday in the Bala Buluk district of Farah province, military Corps Commander for western Afghanistan Fazal Ahmad Sayar told AFP.