+ A
A -
dpa
Kabul
A series of bombings and shootings in six Afghan provinces has left at least 18 dead, despite ongoing peace talks, officials said on Saturday.
In the capital Kabul on Saturday morning, two police officers were killed and another was wounded when a magnetic bomb attached to their vehicle went off, Kabul police said.
A car bomb also hit a spy agency facility in Daman district of southern Kandahar province, the provincial governor, Ruhullah Khanzada said.
Following the bombing, a group of assailants entered the facility and exchanged fire with the security forces, Khanzada said.
He added that the incident might have caused casualties but an exact figure was not available yet.
Four assailants have so far been shot dead by the security forces and a clearance operation was ongoing, according to Khanzada.
Meanwhile, in eastern Nangarhar province, two police officers were killed when unknown gunmen opened fire in the provincial capital Jalalabad, provincial council chief Hazrat Ali said.
In the northern province of Baghlan, a roadside bomb left one policeman dead and another wounded in the provincial capital, a spokesman for police chief Jawid Basharat said.
In southern Helmand, a Taliban attack on a checkpoint along Helmand-Kandahar highway left one police officer dead on Friday night, while two others were wounded, a spokesman for the police chief said.
A group of Taliban militants killed 12 members of the local security forces in the country’s western Herat province, officials said on Saturday.
The forces were having dinner on Friday evening when three Taliban militants opened fire on them in Ghoriyan district, local councillors Torylai Tahiri and Sardar Bahaduri told dpa.
The militants then took their weapons and fled the area, the officials said.
Earlier on Friday, militants killed at least 10 members of the Afghan security forces and wounded another 11 in northern Kunduz province.
Despite ongoing peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban in Doha since mid-September, violence has continued in Afghanistan. The Taliban has so far refused to accept a ceasefire.
The talks are aimed at ending decades of war, but there has been no breakthrough.
In accordance with a deal signed with the Taliban, the United States has progressively lowered the number of troops stationed in Afghanistan, with only 2,500 forces left on Friday, according to a statement by Defence Secretary Christoph Miller.
The deal paved the way for a gradual withdrawal of all international forces from Afghanistan. In return, the Taliban committed to renounce violence and enter into talks with the government.
Kabul
A series of bombings and shootings in six Afghan provinces has left at least 18 dead, despite ongoing peace talks, officials said on Saturday.
In the capital Kabul on Saturday morning, two police officers were killed and another was wounded when a magnetic bomb attached to their vehicle went off, Kabul police said.
A car bomb also hit a spy agency facility in Daman district of southern Kandahar province, the provincial governor, Ruhullah Khanzada said.
Following the bombing, a group of assailants entered the facility and exchanged fire with the security forces, Khanzada said.
He added that the incident might have caused casualties but an exact figure was not available yet.
Four assailants have so far been shot dead by the security forces and a clearance operation was ongoing, according to Khanzada.
Meanwhile, in eastern Nangarhar province, two police officers were killed when unknown gunmen opened fire in the provincial capital Jalalabad, provincial council chief Hazrat Ali said.
In the northern province of Baghlan, a roadside bomb left one policeman dead and another wounded in the provincial capital, a spokesman for police chief Jawid Basharat said.
In southern Helmand, a Taliban attack on a checkpoint along Helmand-Kandahar highway left one police officer dead on Friday night, while two others were wounded, a spokesman for the police chief said.
A group of Taliban militants killed 12 members of the local security forces in the country’s western Herat province, officials said on Saturday.
The forces were having dinner on Friday evening when three Taliban militants opened fire on them in Ghoriyan district, local councillors Torylai Tahiri and Sardar Bahaduri told dpa.
The militants then took their weapons and fled the area, the officials said.
Earlier on Friday, militants killed at least 10 members of the Afghan security forces and wounded another 11 in northern Kunduz province.
Despite ongoing peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban in Doha since mid-September, violence has continued in Afghanistan. The Taliban has so far refused to accept a ceasefire.
The talks are aimed at ending decades of war, but there has been no breakthrough.
In accordance with a deal signed with the Taliban, the United States has progressively lowered the number of troops stationed in Afghanistan, with only 2,500 forces left on Friday, according to a statement by Defence Secretary Christoph Miller.
The deal paved the way for a gradual withdrawal of all international forces from Afghanistan. In return, the Taliban committed to renounce violence and enter into talks with the government.
