Taliban Attacks In Afghanistan's Nangarhar Province Leave 8 Officers Killed - Source

Muhammad Irfan Published September 17, 2020 | 09:10 AM

KABUL (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 17th September, 2020) The Taliban Islamist movement has attacked three police posts in the eastern province of Nangarhar, leaving eight officers killed and four more injured, a source told Sputnik on Thursday.

The incidents took place in Nangarhar's Khogyani district last night, according to the source.

�The militants have also taken three police officers as their prisoners.

The security posts collapsed as a result of the attacks.

The attacks occurred amid the Saturday launch of the intra-Afghan peace talks in the Qatari capital of Doha. The negotiations became possible after the government and the Taliban had successfully completed a long-awaited prisoner exchange arrangement.