As many 140 Afghan soldiers were killed on Friday by Taliban attackers apparently disguised in military uniforms in what would be the deadliest attack ever on an Afghan military base, officials said. ( Reuters )KABUL—Authorities on Saturday raised the casualty toll to 100 in an attack on a military compound in northern Afghanistan a day earlier by gunmen and suicide bombers wearing army uniforms. Gen. Daulat Waziri, spokesman for the Afghanistan Ministry of Defence, said the attack Friday on a compound of the 209th Corps of the Afghan National Army left dozens of soldiers and other personnel dead or wounded. Afghan security personnel arrive at the site of an ongoing attack on an army compound in northern Afghanistan on April 21, 2017. “The exact number is still not verified, but for sure we know more than 100 were killed in the attack,” said Hadid.

Source: thestar April 22, 2017 13:36 UTC