Kabul, Rabi'I 25, 1438, Dec 24, 2016, SPA -- Taliban insurgents attacked a checkpoint in western Afghanistan early Saturday, killing at least three police and wounding four others, officials said. According to AP, Toryalai Abdyani, the police chief of Farah province, said the attackers killed the three police and escaped with weapons and ammunition taken from the checkpoint. Another police official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief reporters, said 11 police were killed. Taliban spokesman Qari Yusouf Ahmadi claimed the attack. --SPA 13:20 LOCAL TIME 10:20 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w297577