KABUL (AFP) -- The NATO-led force in Afghanistan said it had taken casualties in battles Sunday with Taleban-linked insurgents in the remote and mountainous east of the country.

The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) could however not give further information as the battle in the province of Kunar was continuing.
""The fighting started early today and it's still ongoing. We have taken casualties,"" ISAF spokesman Captain Mike Finney told AFP.
The clashes were near an ISAF base in Wanat close to the province of Nuristan, an Afghan official said. ISAF soldiers had recently moved into the base after quitting one in Nuristan.
On Saturday Afghan security forces fought with Taliban attackers elsewhere in Nuristan for several hours, the interior ministry said.
One local national who had joined the security forces was killed, the ministry said, accusing Taliban militants based in Pakistan of launching the attack.
ISAF has about 53,000 soldiers from 40 countries helping the government to tackle an insurgency led by the Taliban, who were in government between 1996 and 2001 and are linked to the extremist Al-Qaeda movement.