KABUL, Sept. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- Three Taliban were killed in a clash with Afghan soldiers in a remote mountainous area in south Afghanistan on Wednesday, said an Afghan government army commander.

　　The three Taliban remnants were shot down by Afghan soldiers, while they were trying to escape from the scene of the incident, said Haji Janan, the commander of the Afghan government army's 2ndcorps, adding that another suspected Taliban fighter was arrested.

　　 The latest Taliban attack on Mahroof district of Kandahar province, which met resistance from local government militias, left 15 suspected Taliban dead and eight injured, according to provincial governor spokesman Khalid Pashton. A well-known Talibansenior commander Mullah Ahfez Abul Rahim was killed in that incident.

　　In the past weeks, Taliban have urged Afghans not to work for President Hamid Kazai and US-led coalition forces. They have also declared Jihad against Karzai and his loyalists.

　　On September 18, Dowlat Khan, a security commander of the provincial Paktia province, expressed his concern over possible attacks by Taliban guerrillas, saying that the recent Taliban attack on Waza Khor, a district of southern Paktia province bordering Pakistan, indicated fugitive Taliban were trying to launch more attacks on Afghan and foreign targets.

　　"Last night dozens of suspected Taliban attacked on Waza Khor district of Paktia province, all of them were resisted by the local Afghan troops. No casualties have been reported in that incident." said Khan in a phone call to Xinhua late Wednesday.

　　He added the Afghan troops responded with small arms and artillery, exchanged fire for one hour, after that Taliban guerrillas pulled back toward mountainous area close to the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.

　　Khan maintained that there might be new attacks soon by Talibanguerrillas on districts across the border. More Afghan troops havebeen sent to that area.

　　In another incident on Tuesday night, five rockets were launched on Jalalabad, the capital city of southeast Nangarhar province. They targeted at the Jalalabad airport and a residence village named Chapar yar, said a security official from the Jalalabad police department.

　　The increased attacks on Afghan troops and US-led coalition forces showed that the Taliban remnants were preparing for more attacks, said Karzai's spokesman Jawed Ludin on Wednesday. Enditem