Three police officers killed in Kabul checkpoint attack - Afghan official

At least three police officers were killed after gunmen attacked a checkpoint in Kabul, an Afghan official said on Monday. Kabul police spokesman Basir Mujahid says three other policemen were wounded in Sunday night's attack on the outskirt of the city. He added that the attackers first threw hand grenades then opened fire on the police in the city's Doghabad area.

Separately, a provincial official in southern Helmand province says at least seven civilians were killed in an airstrike as Afghan forces battled the Taliban late Sunday. Provincial council chief Attahullah Afghan says three civilians were also wounded in the attack in Greshk district. Afghan says a gunbattle was underway with the Taliban at that time and that the incident is under investigation. It's unclear who carried out the strike, US or Afghan forces.