(MENAFN- QNA) Over a dozen Afghan National Army soldiers lost lives or sustained injuries in a Taliban attack in Herat province, western Afghanistan.
An Afghan official who did not want to be named said that a convoy of the military came under Taliban attack in Masjid-i-Chobi area of Kurkh District late yesterday.
He said 11 soldiers were killed in the attack and nine others sustained injuries, Afghan News Agency (Khaama) reported.
The source further said that the Afghan National Army convoy was heading towards Badghis province when it came under attack.
In the meantime, General Zahir Azimi the spokesman of Afghanistan’s Ministry of Defense confirmed that seven soldiers have killed in past 24 hours.
However, General Azimi did not provide further details about the incidents in a tweet he posted this morning.
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