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30 Afghan security forces killed in Taliban attacks: officials
HERAT, Afghanistan, June 20, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Taliban fighters killed
around 30 Afghan security forces in multiple attacks in western Afghanistan,
officials said Wednesday, days after the group ended its ceasefire.
“More than half of the fatalities came from the ambush and roadside bomb
blasts that hit a reinforcement convoy,” Badghis provincial governor Abdul
Qhafoor Malikzai told AFP.
BSS/AFP/IJ/1532 hrs