17 Military soldiers killed in Afghanistan

17 Military soldiers killed in Afghanistan

KABUL - In Afghanistan, seventeen security personnel were killed by Taliban in coordinated assaults on checkpoints in western Farah province on Saturday.

According to provincial council member the militants also stole arms, ammunition, and military vehicles.

Separately, one security personnel was killed in a suicide bomb blast in Lashkargah city in Helmand province.

No group has claimed responsibility for this attack.