KABUL (AFP/Reuters) - Afghan security forces shot dead five men wearing suicide vests and carrying guns who tried to launch a commando-style raid on government buildings and a bazaar in the east of the country on Monday, the Interior Ministry said. The Interior Ministry said Mondays thwarted attack in Barmal, on the Pakistani border in Paktika province, appeared a coordinated attempt to hit several targets at once, along the lines of a massive assault that killed 35 people in the Taliban heartland of Kandahar on Saturday. The suicide bombers, who were also armed with different types of guns... were killed before reaching their targets, it said in a statement. Three of the bombers were shot dead after they were identified and two others briefly exchanged fire with police before being killed, it said. In the neighbouring province of Ghazni, three civilians were killed by a Taliban-type roadside bomb on Monday, authorities said. Two other civilians were wounded when the bomb blew up their vehicle, the Interior Ministry said, adding that the mine was planted by the enemies of Afghanistan - a reference to the Taliban. The Taliban claimed responsibility for Saturdays attack in Kandahar, describing it as a pre-emptive response to plans by US-led forces to take the war to the militants in Kandahar. On Sunday, an Afghan soldier was killed in an insurgent attack near Marjah, the defence ministry said, adding the troops were still clearing the area of enemies bombs. The Ministry also said an insurgent who was trying to lay a mine on a road was shot dead by troops, while another rebel was injured and later captured. The Talibans own regime was overthrown in a US-led invasion in 2001 and they have been waging their insurgency ever since. There are about 120,000 foreign Nato and US troops stationed in Afghanistan to help Kabul defeat the Taliban. Nato said Monday that a soldier was killed in a vehicle accident, bringing to 123 the number of foreign troops who have died in the country this year, according to an AFP tally based on that kept by the icasualties.org website.