10 policemen killed in latest wave of violence
An Afghan police guarding 2018 parliamentary election

10 policemen killed in latest wave of violence

At least ten police forces lost their lives and 17 others including civilians were wounded in attacks by the Taliban insurgents in the western Herat and northeastern Badakhshan provinces of Afghanistan, local authorities said, today, Tuesday, April 20.

Abdullah Naji Nazari, a member of Badakhshan Provincial Council, told Kabul Now that last night the Taliban militants launched an attack on a police outpost in Sar-e-Reg village of Zibak district of Badakhshan, leaving eight policemen killed and wounding two others.

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