KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Three police have been killed and six others sustained injuries as anti-government militants stormed a checkpoint in Marof district of the southern Kandahar province on Tuesday, police spokesman in the province Zia Durani said Wednesday.

Taliban militants, according to the official, were attempting to conduct a car bombing in Marof district late Tuesday night but the vicious design had been foiled by police and gun fight erupted which lasted for a while and resultantly three police personnel lost their lives.

Six more police personnel sustained injuries in the firefight, Durani confirmed.

The official also asserted that a number of Taliban militants were also killed and injured in the firefight, but could not provide a figure.

Taliban militants are yet to make comment on the report.