The firefight occurred in Logar Province's Baraki Barak District, one of three or four particularly troubled areas.
The firefight occurred when roughly 40 armed men tried to flank an American sniper position east of an American base in Orgun-e, in Paktika Province, the officials said.
"The Taliban were on the road when the police arrived, a firefight occurred and we ran out of ammunition and transportation," said Najeeb Afghan, the Farah governor's spokesman.
A firefight had occurred between loyal presidential guards and predominantly Nuer renegades.
Three soldiers were wounded in the firefight, which occurred at 9 30 a.m. in the village of Lamitan on the restive southern Philippine island of Basilan, according to a statement from the Philippine military.
No Afghan casualties were reported in the firefight, which occurred in the same area where a clash last week killed an Afghan border policeman and wounded troops on both sides.
It was one of hundreds of firefights that have occurred in the Korangal Valley, an isolated region where local insurgents and the Americans have been locked in a bitter stalemate for more than three years.
Although it was one of hundreds of firefights that have occurred there, the ambush has invigorated soldiers in Kunar Province, where more Americans have been killed in recent years than in any other area.
Elturk died in one of many firefights that have occurred since a two-year peace process between the Turkish government and the PKK collapsed in late July.
It was unclear exactly where either the firefight or the crash occurred in western Afghanistan.
