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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Africa Europe Latin America Middle East North America Taliban kill 30 security guards AFP - Saturday, August 21 Send IM Story Print KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) - – Afghan police said Friday that 30 security guards had been killed in a day-long clash with Taliban fighters in one of the most volatile regions of the war-ravaged country. The deaths come just days after President Hamid Karzai ordered all private security firms in the country to disband by the end of the year and their employees to either leave the country or, if eligible, join the police force. The fighting lasted all day Thursday in the Sangin district of southern Helmand province, where the Taliban insurgency is concentrated, a senior police officer said. "The Taliban attacked and during the fighting, which lasted the whole day, 30 guards were killed, around 15 were injured and some others were taken by the Taliban," deputy provincial police chief Kamaludin Sherzai told AFP. Officials earlier said they believed that around 12 guards had been killed when heavy gunbattles broke out between insurgents and guards working for a road construction company in Sangin. Helmand provincial spokesman Daud Ahmadi said that a dozen bodies were evacuated to a hospital in the provincial capital, Lashkar Gah. "We know that they were killed during yesterday's fighting with the Taliban. We don't know whether they are guards or workers," he said. The Taliban claimed involvement in Thursday's attack. "We launched an attack on the road construction company along the Sangin and Gereshk road," Zabihullah Mujahed, a rebel spokesman, said by telephone, referring to the region where authorities said the fighting took place. "We took more than 30 checkposts along the road and killed more than 50 guards," he said, speaking from an undisclosed location. The Taliban are known to exaggerate the impact of their operations. Helmand, along with neighbouring Kandahar, is one of the most unstable regions of Afghanistan, where Taliban-linked insurgents have been fighting the Kabul government and international forces for almost nine years. President Hamid Karzai has decreed that the 52 private security contractors operating in Afghanistan -- both Afghan and international -- should cease operations by the end of the year. The tight deadline and lack of government forces capable of stepping into the breach has led to fears of a security crisis that could leave international organisations vulnerable, and delay reconstruction projects and aid deliveries. The firms provide security to US and NATO forces, the Pentagon, the UN mission, aid and non-governmental organisations, embassies and Western media -- and even hotels, restaurants and cafes. Security companies have been reluctant to comment on the decree, as its motivation remains unclear. Nevertheless, it has been largely welcomed, as the presence in the country of up to 40,000 armed security personnel -- about 26,000 of them registered with the authorities -- is seen as possibly undermining government forces. Afghans have also criticised them as overbearing and abusive. But there are also concerns the decree could create a massive security vacuum, since there is little alternative to private security in a country that is only just starting to rebuild its police and army. One executive with a security company, who did not wish to be named, said that some of his clients had said they would be forced to quit Afghanistan if they could not hire their own security. The United States and NATO have 141,000 troops in the country trying to quell the intensifying war, with many new deployments heading south. Abdul Mohammad, an employee of the road construction company that came under attack, said that he accompanied about a dozen bodies to the Lashkar Gah hospital on Friday. He described the fighting as "fierce" and said that at least another 20 bodies had been either left behind or removed from the battle scene. "Yesterday the Taliban attacked us. We requested help from Afghan and foreign forces but no one helped. Lots of people were killed. I think more than 20 other bodies were left in the area or have been taken elsewhere," he said. The Taliban are waging an Islamist insurgency to topple the Western-backed government in Kabul. The made it clear earlier this year that anyone working for or associated with the government was a target, along with foreign troops, aid workers and others. 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