Nine insurgents killed in Afghan military base attacked. Taliban fighters ( File photo: AP)

At least nine Taliban insurgents were killed by the Afghan forces in a bid to prevent a complex attack by the group on a military base in southern Afghanistan.

Iran Press/Iran news: Afghan officials said on Friday that the attack was carried out against the 215 Maiwand Corps base in Helmand province.

The 215 Maiwand Army Corps situated in Helmand province came under attack in the early hours of Friday, said a senior security official in Kabul, adding the attack was Taliban's third attempt to overrun the strategic military installation in the past 48 hours, Reuters reported.

"Afghan soldiers of 215 Maiwand Corps stopped the Taliban from gaining control of the military compound, we have reports that six Afghan soldiers were killed during the clashes," said a senior Afghan security official on condition of anonymity.

Two other security officials confirmed that members belonging to foreign forces present at the base were safe as the Taliban could not breach walls of their compound.

The United States has about 14,000 troops in Afghanistan as part of a NATO-led mission.

America's longest war continues to take lives and kill people in Afghanistan after 17 years.

According to the United Nations, the number of civilians killed in a first half of 2018 reached an eight-year record high.

Also, based on United States Air Forces Central Command munitions data report, in 10 months between January to the end of October 2018, US dropped 5982 bombs on Afghanistan, which means nearly 20 bombs for a day, an increase of more than one-third compared to the previous year.

After 17 years of war in Afghanistan, US and NATO military presence not only led to peace and security but also turn to main reason for increasing violence and killings in the Afghanistan.

US intelligence agencies warned that despite US coalition bombing increases in 2017 which reached a record high in the history, the Taliban has continued to make gains in the country.

According to the US Military's Special Inspector General on Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) Afghan authorities control or influence come to less than 55 percent of the country.101/201

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