Militants attack Kabul checkpoint

Militants attacked a police checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan, sparking a battle with officers that left one insurgent dead, police said today.

Twelve men fired on the checkpoint in Qalai Haydar Khan on the western fringe of the city for an hour before fleeing late last night, said top Kabul police official Ali Shah Paktyawal. The body of one of the attackers was left on a field after the clash, he said.