Taliban attack aid group, 3 killed
(CNN) -- At least three people have been killed as Taliban militants attacked an aid office in southwestern Afghanistan, officials said.
Antoine Russell, operations officer at the Afghan Non-Governmental Organization Security Office, said between 20 and 40 suspected Taliban attacked the Voluntary Association for Rehabilitation of Afghanistan (VARA) on Sunday.
The attack occurred between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. (5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. ET Saturday).
Russell said two of VARA's staff were killed and another was missing.
The group's director, Najmudin Mojadedi told Reuters news service that all three staff members were security guards.
Russell said the third death was a security officer at a private compound located very close to VARA's office.
Three other officers were wounded at that compound, he said.
A Taliban spokesman told Reuters that Taliban militants did carry out the attack, but that they had intended to target a military post nearby.
The same spokesman told another wire service that four people were killed in the attack.
