Taliban attackers including a suicide bomber stormed a police station in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday and killed six police officers, officials said. Three other attackers then rushed into the police station compound, triggering a half-hour gunbattle with security forces, he said. “In half an hour security forces killed all the attackers. The Taliban, who are stepping up their spring offensive against Afghan security forces and government officials, claimed responsibility for the attack. Last week 16 people were killed and dozens wounded when a minivan packed with explosives blew up as security forces were trying to defuse it in Kandahar province.

Source: Punch May 30, 2018 07:30 UTC