MAZAR-I-SHARIF: More than 100 Afghan soldiers were killed and wounded in a Taliban attack on an army base in northern Afghanistan, the defence ministry said Saturday, the latest in a string of deadly assaults against Afghan military sites. The US military has said that “more than 50” Afghan soldiers were killed, while an Afghan army source who was on the base at the time put the death toll as high as 150, with dozens more wounded. All were dressed in Afghan army uniforms, the source said, speaking on condition of anonymity and adding that no civilians were killed. The defence ministry said Afghan forces had killed all the attackers, without specifying how many there were. According to US watchdog SIGAR, casualties among Afghan security forces soared by 35 percent in 2016, with 6,800 soldiers and police killed.

Source: New Strait Times April 22, 2017 11:56 UTC