Six Afghanistan policemen killed in Taliban attack

The Taliban insurgents attacked an Afghan security post in the western Farah province and killed at least six policemen. Three more were left wounded. A pickup truck also hit a roadside bomb in a remote eastern district and killed seven villagers, the seven dead included two children and two women.
No one claimed responsibility for the attack but, the area has seen an increase in attacks by an Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan.
This has been reported in foxnews.com dated 30 June 2017.

The Taliban had attacked a security post in the north of the provincial capital and a gunbattle followed that lasted for nearly three hours. Nine Taliban fighters were also killed in the encounter. The attackers fled the scene, after seizing ammunition and guns from the police.
No one claimed responsibility for the attack but Taliban insurgents are believed to have been involved. Earlier they attacked a security post in western Herat province and killed at least 10 policemen there.


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