(MENAFN- Afghanistan Times) AT News Report-KABUL: At least 20 members of the border police have been
killed in a Taliban assault in the southern Kandahar province, reports say, as
the militants escalate their offensive ahead of fresh peace talks with the US.
A security official who wished not to be named said on
Saturday that Taliban fighters attacked a check post of the Afghan Border
Police in Shorbak district on Saturday night, in which over 20 officers were
killed and some others are missing.
There is no reaction by provincial security officials yet,
but Tadeen Khan, Kandahar Police Chief said that nine brave police men were
martyred in militants attack.
'Border police have
killed 16 militants and
wounded nine others while the militants trying to attack the border police
check point in Shorabak district.
Our nine brave police men were also martyred during the operation,' he tweeted.
At least 30 members of the border police were killed in a
Taliban attack in Kandahar's Shorabak on the border with Quetta, wrote Bilal
Sarwary, an Afghan journalist, in his twitter account.
'At least 11 members of the border police wounded. Some went
missing. One armored Humvee burned ad one armored Humvee and weapons taken by
Taliban,' he quoted sources told him.
This came after a key Taliban member was detained by Kandahar
police while he was trying to cross the point to enter Pakistan.
He was Taliban-designated Governor for Shahr-e-Safa area of
Tarnek wa Jaldek in Zabul that has been detained by the police during
operations in Arghistan district of the Kandahar province.
Additionally, his deputy governor and four other Taliban
were killed and the police seized their weapons and communication equipment.
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