GHAZNI: nine Afghan policemen were killed when Taliban fighters stormed their checkpoints and launched a follow-up ambush in the eastern Afghanistan city of Ghazni, officials said on Saturday.The assault began early on Friday when the Taliban attacked two adjacent checkpoints, Ghazni police spokesman Ahmad Khan Seerat said. The Taliban then ambushed a group of police rushing to the scene, killing the head of the local police, Seerat added.In all, nine officers were killed and six were wounded, he said. The toll was confirmed by Arif Noori, spokesman for the Ghazni governor. On its Twitter account, the Taliban claimed to have killed 12 “soldiers,” though the group frequently exaggerates numbers. Meanwhile in Zabul in southern Afghanistan late Friday, Gul Islam Seyal, spokesman for the local governor, told AFP that four police were killed and two wounded after a “Taliban infiltrator” opened fire at a checkpoint.The attacks come as the United States seeks to broker a peace accord with the Taliban and the Kabul government, more than 17 years since the US-led invasion that ousted the militants.
03-31-2019, 11:51 PM
Taliban kill nine Afghan cops in checkpoint assault
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