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Blasts kill dozen policemen in southwest Afghanistan

Tuesday, 20 October 2020 6:42 PM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 20 October 2020 6:42 PM ]

Security personnel and residents gather around the site of a car bomb attack that targeted an Afghan police headquarters in Feroz Kho, the capital of Ghor Province, in Afghanistan, on October 18, 2020. (Photo by AFP)

Two separate roadside bomb explosions have killed at least a dozen policemen, including a district police chief, in Afghanistan's southwestern Nimruz Province.

Nematullah Sediqqi, a member of Nimroz's provincial council, said that two back-to-back explosions took place near the center of the Kang district of the troubled province on Tuesday.

In the first incident, at least five policemen were killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by militants struck their vehicle in the area.

Separately, seven policemen, including the Kang district police chief, lost their lives when a bomb targeted their vehicle.

No individual or group has claimed responsibility for the latest attacks, which came hours after a string of bomb blast killed at least five civilians in Maidan Wardak Province.

Also, on Sunday, a huge explosion targeting the police headquarters in the western Afghan province of Ghor left at least 12 civilians dead and more than 100 others wounded.

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A deadly blast near a police headquarters leaves multiple dead and wounded in the western Afghan province of Ghor.

The recent violence comes amid talks between the Taliban militant group and the Afghan government, which started in the Qatari capital of Doha last month.

The talks were stipulated in a deal between the Taliban and the United States that was signed in February.

Under the deal with Washington, the Taliban agreed not to attack US-led foreign forces in return for the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Official data, however, shows that Taliban bombings and other assaults have increased 70 percent since the militant group signed the deal with Washington.

The US invaded Afghanistan and toppled a Taliban regime in 2001.

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