Eighteen “enemy” forces were killed in an overnight clash near the Afghan border in Tani, Khost, Major Matt Gregory at Camp Salerno told Fox News.

The clash happened when a group variously described as Taliban or Foreign Fighters apparently came across the Pakistani border and attacked an Afghan Border Police position. The ABP were involved in a prolonged firefight and contacted the nearby U.S. Combat Outpost at Tani. U.S. air strikes were called in.

In addition to finding the bodies, U.S. soldiers at the scene Sunday have recovered numerous heavy weapons including RPG’s.

The Afghan Border police, as well as Afghan Army and Afghan Police, are training and conducting operations with the U.S. Army now in this critical area.

Cross border strikes by the dangerous “Haqqani” faction of the Taliban are frequent. This group has close links to Al Qaeda. Fox News was embedded with troops in the region last week.