Kandahar, Aug 21, SPA -- About 80 Taliban fightersattacked a district chief's office in southern Afghanistanearly Saturday, sparking a two-hour gunbattle withgovernment militia that left three people dead, an officialsaid. The insurgents launched the assault in Miana Shiendistrict, about 90 kilometers (60 miles) north of Kandahar,around 1 a.m., firing assault rifles and heavy machine gunsbefore retreating around 3 a.m. One government militia fighter was killed and two wounded,while two Taliban were killed and three wounded, saiddistrict chief Shadi Khan. "The Taliban left their two dead bodies, and took thethree wounded with them when they ran away," Khan told TheAssociated Press. The government soldiers captured threeAK-47 assault rifles and a machine gun.--SPA1333 Local Time 1033 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/193776