Insurgents try to storm Afghan government building

Gen. Dawlat Khan Zadran, police chief of Paktika province, said four insurgents attempted to take over a government building in Sharan, the capital of Paktika province, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Kabul.Three attackers and two policemen were killed in the ensuing firefight, Zadran said. Officers were still exchanging fire with the fourth guerrilla.Paktika province borders Pakistan and is one of the main routes for Taliban fighters infiltrating into eastern Afghanistan from their sanctuaries across the border. It is also one of the main strongholds of the al-Qaida-linked Haqqani network which has taken credit for a series of spectacular attacks, including suicide bombings inside Kabul.