BBC News - Afghan soldiers die as Taliban attack checkpoint in Kunar:"Afghan President Hamid Karzai postponed a planned visit to Sri Lanka on Sunday because of the attack.
The violence comes ahead of presidential elections that are due to be held next month.
The BBC's Karen Allen in Kabul says it is one of the deadliest Taliban attacks against the army in the past year.
Gen Mohammad Zahir Azimi said "hundreds" of insurgents had been involved in the attack, which took place in the remote Ghazi Abad district of eastern Kunar province early on Sunday."
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