Numerous deaths from attacks in Afghanistan | Abroad

In Herat, three Taliban fighters opened fire on security forces who were eating on Friday and shot twelve of them. The attackers managed to escape. In Kabul, two police officers were killed and a third injured when a bomb detonated under their car with a magnet. Nobody has claimed that attack.

In Jalalabad, the capital of the eastern province of Nangarhar, two officers were shot dead. Who is responsible for the attack is unclear, according to local authorities. In the northern province of Baghlan, a police officer was killed by a roadside bomb, a second officer was injured. In southern Helmand province, Taliban fighters attacked a police checkpoint. One officer was killed, two others were injured.

A car bomb exploded near an intelligence agency in Daman District, southern Kandahar province. According to provincial governor Ruhullah Khanzada, there was then a shooting in which four attackers were killed. It is still unclear whether there were any casualties on the side of the security forces.

Peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban have been ongoing in Doha since mid-September last year. The Taliban continue to oppose a ceasefire. The United States recently reduced its force in the country from 4,500 to 2,500 soldiers. In late February 2020, the US signed an agreement with the Taliban providing for a gradual withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan in exchange for security guarantees issued by the Taliban.

The Taliban want to regain power. They ruled Afghanistan between 1996 and 2001. A US-led military intervention following the September 11, 2001 attacks in the US ended their rule.

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