Ten police officers were killed in an attack carried out by the Taliban on a police checkpoint in west Afghanistan's Herat Province on Sunday morning, Xinhua has reported citing local officials.

"A group of Taliban insurgents attacked a checkpoint at nearby of Salma Dam in Chasht district early today and fled away after killing 10 police personnel," spokesperson for the provincial government Jilani Farhad told Xinhua.

Four security guards were injured and four Taliban militants were killed in the firefight, the official added.