KABUL, Aug 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) – At least 27 people, including 15 soldiers, were killed and 11 others wounded, in separate clashes in Afghanistan yesterday, authorities confirmed.
One security personnel was wounded when he was patrolling outside a mosque, where he detected a motorcycle bomb in Police District 17 of Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, during Friday prayers at midday.
Terrorists detonated a remote control Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attached to the motorcycle, to target worshippers after the prayers.
In northern Badakhshan province, four Afghan army soldiers were killed and two others wounded when an IED explosion struck their vehicle in Kotal-e-Rizgan locality of Argo district, at around 10:00 a.m. local time. The army vehicle was destroyed in the blast.
Eight security force members and 10 Taliban militants were killed and five soldiers wounded, after Taliban fighters armed with guns and rocket launchers, attacked an army camp in Khan Abad district of northern Kunduz province, Qudratullah Safi, the deputy district chief, said.
In eastern Kapisa province, two officers and one soldier were killed, while two soldiers and two civilians wounded, while one soldier was captured by the militants, after Taliban stormed an army checkpoint in Sharak locality of Tagab district, in the early hours of the day, a provincial security source said, adding, several militants were also killed and wounded during the exchange of fire which lasted for hours.
In eastern Nangarhar province, a father and his son were killed, after an IED exploded in a village in Kama district, according to Farid Khan from the provincial police department.
In neighbouring Logar province, Special Operation Police Force of Afghan National Police (ANP), discovered and confiscated an ammunition cache in Mohammad Agha district, the Interior Ministry said.
“The cache contained 100 kg of ammonium nitrate, which is used for making IED’s and landmines, 10 various types of IED’s, some amount of ammunition and military equipment,” the ministry said in a statement.
Since the signing of a U.S.-Taliban peace agreement in late Feb, Afghan leaders, including President, Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, have frequently demanded the Taliban to reduce violence.
The militants, however, have intensified attacks, killing and injuring scores of combatants and civilians.
The government have released more than 3,180 Taliban inmates and Taliban freed over 1,000 security force members or government staff since the U.S.-Taliban peace agreement was reached.
The Afghan National Defence and Security Forces remain in control of most of Afghanistan’s population centres and all of 34 provincial capitals, but Taliban insurgents control large portions of rural areas, staging coordinated large-scale attacks against Afghan cities and districts from time to time.– NNN-AGENCIES
