are facing today. >> reporter: and a pakistan taliban has been shot dead in the country and he was killed when gunmen opened fire in the area of ranchistan and he was killed in a drone strike in november and there are no claims of responsibility for the attack. afghanistan's defense minister hinted at the involvement of foreign intelligence agencies on an attack in an afghan army on a post and 21 soldiers tied in the incident, a memorial service has been held in kabul and mr. smith has this report. >> reporter: the killing of 21 afghan soldiers as they slept at a remote out post is the worst blow to government forces in years. and would have had little chance when their base was over run by what the government says were hundreds of taliban fighters. >> translator: the attack was