Kabul: Multiple Taliban attacks have killed at least seven policemen and three civilians across Afghanistan Saturday, as insurgents continue with near daily assaults on government and civilian targets.
Taliban killed at least four policemen when they stormed a security check point in northern Sari Pul province, a provincial official said.
Mohammad Noor Rahmani, head of the provincial council, said five others were wounded in Saturday’s attack on the outskirts of the province’s capital city.
In a separate report from eastern Ghazni province, Taliban launched attacks on security checkpoints Saturday, killing three personnel and wounding seven others.
A spokesman for the provincial police chief, Ahmad Khan Serat, said police killed seven insurgents during the gun battle.
Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in Ghazni, but made no statement on Sari Pul.
Meanwhile twin bomb blasts killed at least three civilians in eastern Nangarhar province, according to local officials.
Attahullah Khogyani, spokesman for the provincial governor, said 19 others were wounded in Saturday’s blasts the provincial capital of Jalalabad.
According to hospital reports, two of the injured are in critical condition.
