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| Wave of Taliban attacks kill troops, policemen in Afghanistan |
| 2018-04-25 |
| [NYPOST] A new wave of Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... attacks across Afghanistan killed at least 11 Afghan soldiers and coppers on Tuesday, officials said, the latest in a particularly deadly week of assaults by bully boys. At least five soldiers were killed when their checkpoint was attacked by the Taliban in western Farah province, according to Mohammad Naser Mehri, the provincial governor’s front man. Two soldiers were maimed in that attack, in the Bala Buluk district. Mehri said six Taliban fighters were killed and three others were maimed in the battle, which lasted several hours. "Reinforcements have arrived and right now, the situation is under control," he added. Earlier on Tuesday, hard boyz killed at least four members of the local police force and maimed seven in eastern Ghazni province. The Taliban there targeted the local police security post in the province’s district of Jaghatu, said Arif Noori, front man for the provincial governor. He also said the gunbattle lasted several hours and that the Taliban used artillery and rocket-propelled grenade launchers. Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban front man, grabbed credit for both the Farah and the Ghazni attacks in messages to the media. He said the Taliban took two Afghan soldiers captive in the Farah attack but there was no immediate confirmation from the Afghan military on that. Later Tuesday, two coppers were killed and six soldiers were captured in attacks on their checkpoints in western Badghis province, said Mohammad Naser Nazari, a member of the provincial council. |
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