[ToloNews] Local officials from Baghlan said the corpse count from the Taliban...mindless ferocity in a turban...
’s complex attack on the police headquarters in Pul-e-Khumri city has risen to 20, with 18 of the victims members of the Afghan National Police (ANP).
On Sunday, the police headquarters of Pul-e-Khumri city in the northern Baghlan province faced a complex attack by a group of eight button men at around 12pm on Sunday, the Ministry of Interior said in a statement.
Provincial health officials said that at least 60 people among them women and kiddies were maimed in the attack.
The attack started with a boom-mobile kaboom outside the police headquarters and was followed by at least six hours of gunbattle between the attackers and the holy warriors.
The Ministry of Interior said the attackers were equipped with boom jackets and that all of them were killed by the Special Unit of Police.
"First, they carried out a suicide kaboom with a Humvee full of explosives from the northern gate of the police headquarters," said Abbas Tawakoli, the commander of 3rd Brigade of 217 Pamir Army Corps.
"Most of them fled, but some others got bullets while escaping the scene and some others were stuck inside the rooms and were martyred," said an Afghan solider speaking on condition of anonymity
... for fear of being murdered...
"Fear from Allah and the prophet and the Ramadhan. Why are you doing this?" asked a Pul-e-Khumri resident, referring to the Taliban.
Taliban claimed the responsibility for the attack and claimed that a jacket wallah detonated a Humvee full of explosives at the beginning of the attack.