Taliban attacks kill 8 police in western Farah province

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News ID: 31207
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Publish Date: 12:18 - 07 November 2018
TEHRAN, November 07 - An Afghan official says the Taliban have killed eight police and wounded three others in new attacks on security posts in western Farah province.

Taliban attacks kill 8 police in western Farah provinceTEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - An insurgent attack on an Afghan border base in Pusht Koh in Farah on Monday killed 20 troops while 20 others were abducted.

A member of the provincial council, Dadullah Qani, says the latest attack on Tuesday night triggered an hourslong battle in which the Taliban were beaten back.

A resurgent Taliban now hold nearly half of Afghanistan and carry out near-daily attacks on Afghan security forces, inflicting heavy casualties. The Taliban view the U.S.-backed government in Kabul as a dysfunctional Western puppet and have refused repeated offers to negotiate with it.

Source: AP

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