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Taliban attacks kill 10 Afghan troops, four policemen
[DAWN] A roadside kabooming claimed by the Taliban...Arabic for students... killed 10 Afghan soldiers in the country’s west while holy warrior attacks on security checkpoints in northern Afghanistan killed four coppers, local officials said on Monday. The soldiers were driving back to base after picking up their salaries in the country’s western Farah province. They were travelling in a Humvee when the kaboom took place on Sunday afternoon in the Bala Buluk district, said Shah Mahmmod Nahimi, a provincial councilman. "The blast was so intense that no one in the Humvee survived," he added. Elsewhere, the Taliban targeted several checkpoints in northern Sari Pul province on Sunday night, killing four members of the security forces and wounding 22, said Zabiullah Amani, the provincial governor’s front man. The attacks took place on the outskirts of the lovely provincial capital of Sari Pul and triggered gunbattles that lasted for hours, he said, adding that 15 Taliban fighters were also killed. The Taliban grabbed credit for the Farah attack in a statement on their website but did not make any announcements about the Sari Pul attack. Meanwhile, ...back at the chili cook-off, Chuck reached for the green sauce... a sticky bomb attached to a minibus carrying government workers in Kabul detonated on Monday morning, wounding 10 people, said police front man Ferdus Faramarz. One of the maimed was at death's door. Posted by: Fred 2019-05-29 |
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