The Taliban stormed a government compound in central Afghanistan early on Thursday, triggering an hours-long gunbattle that killed 15, including three top local officials, before they drove Afghan forces out. The blistering attack in the Khuja Omari district was the latest insurgent assault in Ghazni province, which is now largely under Taliban control. The Taliban planted mines to prevent government reinforcements from coming to help and quickly took responsibility for the attack. He said the attack began around 2 a.m. with the Taliban storming the highly secure compound in Khuja Omari district. Moseni also said 45 Taliban were killed and eight members of the Afghan security forces were wounded.

Source: Egypt Independent April 12, 2018 08:03 UTC