[ToloNews] Nine members of the Afghan Border Force were killed in two attacks by the Taliban
 ...mindless ferocity in a turban...
on their outposts in Herat
...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns...
, sources from the province said on Friday.
The attack happened on two outposts in Kohsan and Ghorian districts on Thursday night, sources said. The two districts share border with Iran.
The districts fell to the Taliban following the festivities, sources said, adding that at least 15 border force members were taken hostage by the Taliban following the attacks.
Local officials declined to comment on the two incidents.
Violence remains high in the country despite peace efforts.
Meanwhile,
...back at the wreckage, Captain Poindexter awoke groggily, his hand still stuck in the Ming vase...
six children, all members of one family, were maimed in a magnetic IED explosion in the city of Mazar-e-Sharif in Balkh province on Thursday evening, the provincial police front man Adil Shah Adil said.
The bomb targeted a vehicle belonging to a tribal elder from the province, Adil said.
Also, a rickshaw driver was killed in a kaboom in the city of Kandahar on Thursday evening, said Ghorzang Afridi, security officer for Kandahar police headquarters. 
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