One of the deadli­est attack­s since the US signed a withdr­awal deal with the Taliba­n last monthKABUL: At least two dozen Afghan security forces were killed Friday in an insider attack on their base in southern Afghanistan, two officials told AFP. The pre-dawn raid targeted a joint police and army headquarters near Qalat, the provincial capital, long considered a Taliban stronghold. “In the attack, 14 Afghan army forces and 10 policemen were killed,” Zabul provincial council chief Ata Jan Haq Bayan said. He added that four other Afghan security forces were missing. Zabul province borders Pakistan and former Taliban supreme leader Mullah Omar, who died in 2013, hid there for years.

Source: The Express Tribune March 20, 2020 08:15 UTC