At least 12 people, including seven civilians, were killed in Taliban
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’s attack on Kandahar police headquarters on Thursday, officials from provincial hospital said.
The hospital officials also said that 60 others including 40 security force members were maimed in the attack.
Kandahar police headquarters came under attack at around 4:40pm on Thursday when a boom-mobile exploded outside the headquarters and button men started firing at security forces.
Kandahar police at around 7:00pm said the attack has ended.
Kandahar governor office meanwhile said two police members were killed in festivities with the Taliban fighters and three others were maimed.
The governor’s office also said that nine civilians, including women and kiddies, were killed and 80 others were maimed.
President Ashraf Ghani
...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money...
in a statement condemned the attack and said the Afghan government is seeking ways for peace but the Taliban by such attacks shows that they do not want peace and stability.
Taliban grabbed credit for the attack.