(Kabul) Despite declaring a cease-fire for the end of Ramadan (Eid) next week, the Taliban yesterday murdered a large number security staff in a number of attacks on police posts across the country:
In the province of Kunduz officials have admitted to losing 24
members of the local police force as well as a number of police posts. In
return they claim to have killed 23 Taliban
In Herat’s Shindand district. The Afghan defence ministry said
17 members of the Afghan National Army were killed in a Taliban attack In
Sar-e-Pul, six soldiers were killed.
In the province of Ghazni the Afghan government fared better
with “Forty five insurgents killed and 27 others wounded in government air
strikes and clearing operations
(Baghlan) Three religious scholars were murdered by the Taliban
in northern Baghlan province yesterday. Mawlavi Mohammad Bashir, Mawlavi Abdul
Rahman and Qari Abdul Atta were first beaten then murdered by the Taliban in
Jarab village.
Ramadan death toll stands at 1379
