KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Three U.S. soldiers were wounded and three Afghan police officers killed when Taliban insurgents attacked an Afghan government building, authorities said.
Insurgents took two Afghan officials hostage during the attack Thursday at the Chamkani District government building in Paktia Province, said Master Sgt. Nicholas Conner, a spokesman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force Troops. The hostages were the local head of Afghan intelligence service and the deputy governor of the district, The New York Times reported.