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Taliban launch crippling attacks inside Afghanistan police headquarters
Afghan National Amy soldiers watch during a military exercise in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017.(AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)
Taliban soldiers stormed multiple Afghan security compounds Tuesday, killing at least 71 people, local officials said.
The deadliest attack took place at police headquarters and a police training facility in Paktia province, where 41 people were killed and another 150 were injured. The Taliban attackers disguised themselves using a stolen security vehicle, and once inside, detonated a number of explosives stored in the vehicle. Others, armed with RPG and AK-47s, then entered the compound and started shooting.
Special police units eventually ultimately overpowered the attackers, a statement from the deputy interior minister said.
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A Taliban spokesperson claimed the Paktia attack on Twitter, explaining that the attack was meant to take out the police unit, which houses up to 450 officers. Several officers and recruits were among the casualties, including the police chief for the Paktia city of Gardez, Special Br, Paktia’s deputy governor told a Turkish state-run news agency.
The Taliban spokesperson also claimed responsibility for car bombings inside a security compound in the nearby Ghazni province, which killed another 30 people and wounded at least 15 more. Many of the dead and injured were police officers.
This isn’t the first time this year that the Taliban has launched deadly attacks inside Afghan security grounds. In April, 10 suicide attackers disguised as soldiers entered an Afghan Army base in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif and killed 140 soldiers. It was one of the deadliest terror attacks the county had experienced in recent years.
— Carter Sherman
Taliban launch crippling attacks inside Afghanistan police headquarters
Afghan National Amy soldiers watch during a military exercise in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017.(AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)
Taliban soldiers stormed multiple Afghan security compounds Tuesday, killing at least 71 people, local officials said.
The deadliest attack took place at police headquarters and a police training facility in Paktia province, where 41 people were killed and another 150 were injured. The Taliban attackers disguised themselves using a stolen security vehicle, and once inside, detonated a number of explosives stored in the vehicle. Others, armed with RPG and AK-47s, then entered the compound and started shooting.
Special police units eventually ultimately overpowered the attackers, a statement from the deputy interior minister said.
Read More: U.S. Troops will face the deadliest Taliban yet
A Taliban spokesperson claimed the Paktia attack on Twitter, explaining that the attack was meant to take out the police unit, which houses up to 450 officers. Several officers and recruits were among the casualties, including the police chief for the Paktia city of Gardez, Special Br, Paktia’s deputy governor told a Turkish state-run news agency.
The Taliban spokesperson also claimed responsibility for car bombings inside a security compound in the nearby Ghazni province, which killed another 30 people and wounded at least 15 more. Many of the dead and injured were police officers.
This isn’t the first time this year that the Taliban has launched deadly attacks inside Afghan security grounds. In April, 10 suicide attackers disguised as soldiers entered an Afghan Army base in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif and killed 140 soldiers. It was one of the deadliest terror attacks the county had experienced in recent years.
— Carter Sherman
Taliban launch crippling attacks inside Afghanistan police headquarters