<p>TIRINKOT (Pajhwok): <a href="/en/taliban" class="glossify-link">Taliban</a> militants carried out a car bomb and gun attack on the Khas Uruzgan district of central Uruzgan province last night, an official said on Wednesday.</p>
<p>Uruzgan police chief Khitab Khanjari told Pajhwok Afghan News that the insurgents first detonated an explosives-laden car and then started firing late Tuesday night.</p>
<p>Retaliating to the attack, Khanjari said the district-based security forces killed 17 Taliban attackers and wounded another seven.</p>
<p>He said one soldier was killed and another three were wounded in the car bombing.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Hanif Hanifi, a senator from the province, told Pajhwok that both the warring sides suffered causalities in the clash. The Taliban were pushed back after the attack, he said.</p>
<p>On the other hand, the Taliban claimed inflicting heavy causalities on security forces in the Khas Uruzgan attack.</p>
<p>pk/ma</p>
