Taliban say attack Afghan post, kill 10 soldiers

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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Taliban guerrillas firing assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades attacked an Afghan army post on Monday and killed 10 soldiers, a spokesman for the radical Islamic group said.

The rebels stormed the post in the Khashrud district of Nimroz province in the south of the country, the spokesman, Hakim Latifi, told Reuters by satellite phone.

The governor of Nimroz, Karim Barawi, confirmed the attack but said, as far as he knew, four soldiers had been killed.

"Maybe more than four have been killed, but I know of only four," he said.

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