Taliban fighters kidnapped 27 police officers during an assault on a northeastern province in Afghanistan, authorities said Thursday, part of the extremist group’s spring offensive ahead of the withdrawal of foreign troops at the end of this year SIA reports.
The 27 officers were hiding in a cave during the Taliban attack Wednesday in Yamgan district. The Taliban took the officers hostage and police have launched an effort to try and find them, Ayar said.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in a message to journalists. The militants routinely execute security forces they capture.
Insurgents ambushed several police checkpoints in Badakhshan province, killing at least six police officers in Yamgan district, Ayar said Wednesday. The fighting started late Tuesday and lasted into Wednesday. Reinforcements were sent to the site, but the police were forced to pull back from the area and were fighting the Taliban forces from surrounding mountains as army helicopters flew overhead, Ayar said. Five insurgents also were killed, and three policemen were wounded.
The Taliban said its fighters had raised the movement’s white flag above the district headquarters.
Badakhshan province, nestled in the Hindu Kush and Pamir mountain ranges and bordering China, is one of the most remote in the country. The area has seen few attacks from insurgents following the 2001 U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan. A recent landslide in the province killed hundreds in a rural village.
Bütün xəbərlər Facebook səhifəmizdə
USD
EUR
GBP
RUB