Taliban kill 22 Afghan police in multiple attacks
Taliban terrorists, some wearing night-vision goggles, killed 22 Afghan policemen in separate attacks on checkpoints over the weekend in the latest blow to the country’s beleaguered security forces.
Terrorists wearing the googles launched a predawn assault on a police post in Khan Abad district in the northern province of Kunduz on Sunday and killed 13 officers, said provincial police chief Abdul Hamid Hamidi, AFP reported. Only one policeman survived the attack, he told reporters. The attackers destroyed the checkpoint and stole a Humvee, according to district governor Hayatullah Amiri.
On Saturday, Taliban terrorists killed nine policemen and wounded two others stationed at checkpoints in Ghazni, the capital of the southeastern province of the same name, said provincial governor’s spokesman Mohammad Arif Noori.
Twelve of the terrorists were killed and four wounded, Noori said. The Taliban claimed the attacks in statements to media. The terrorists have stepped up attacks on security installations as they seek to demoralize police and troops and steal equipment for their terror operations.
The terrorists have acquired “dozens” of armored Humvees and pickup trucks in recent years, Defense Ministry deputy spokesman Mohammad Radmanesh said.
Some of those vehicles have been used in suicide attacks on police and military bases with devastating effect.