Taliban militants struck government targets in many provinces of Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing at least 69 people, including a senior police commander, and wounding scores of others. Two Taliban suicide car bombers paved the way for a number of gunmen to attack the compound, officials and militants said. Security forces killed at least five attackers. Provincial officials said at least 15 government security forces were killed and 12 wounded in the Ghazni attacks, with 13 civilians killed and seven wounded. The Taliban said they had killed 31 security forces and wounded 21 in those clashes.

Source: Egypt Independent October 17, 2017 13:52 UTC