Afghan security forces have regained control of the southern city of Kandahar after Taliban fighters launched a major attack, a local official says.
Provincial governor Tooryalai Wesa said 11 insurgents had been killed and seven suicide bombers had blown themselves up, the BBC reports.
Two soldiers and three civilians have died, and dozens more were wounded.
Insurgents launched co-ordinated assaults with suicide bombers and rocket-propelled grenades on government buildings in Kandahar on Saturday.
In one area of the city, gunmen in a four-storey shopping centre exchanged fire with security forces in the governor's compound.
