KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Eleven Afghan policemen and two British NATO soldiers have been killed in fighting in Afghanistan, officials said on Monday.
Intermittent violence has broken out in different parts ofAfghanistan in recent weeks following a traditional winterlull. Violence over the past two years has been the mostintense since the Taliban were ousted in 2001.
The 11 policemen were killed on Sunday night when Talibaninsurgents stormed their outpost in the southern province ofKandahar, said senior provincial police officer Amanullah.
The two soldiers from Afghanistan's 47,000-strong NATO-ledforce were killed and two wounded in an explosion in the southon Sunday, the force said.
It did not give the nationality of the victims but theMinistry of Defence said they were British. Their vehicle washit by a blast near Kandahar airport.
The Taliban are fighting to expel foreign forces and bringdown Afghanistan's Western-backed government.
Most of the violence has been in the south and east, nearthe border with Pakistan where the Taliban have sanctuaries inremote tribal areas.
(Additional reporting and writing by Sayed Salahuddin;editing by Robert Birsel)
