Times of Islamabad

Afghan Taliban destroy Afghanistan regional Police Headquarters after taking over new district

Afghan Taliban destroy Afghanistan regional Police Headquarters after taking over new district

KABUL – Afghan Taliban destroy Afghanistan regional Police Headquarters inthe northern province of the country.

Bomb blast went off in the police headquarters building in the northernAfghan province of Takhar on Sunday. The incident took place in thedistrict of Darqad, which fell in the hand of the Taliban two weeks ago.The local people announced that the militants took out all equipment beforedetonating the bomb.

Takhar police spokesman Khalil Asir confirmed to local media that thepolice office was destroyed by the Taliban.

[image: Security forces inspect the site of a suicide bomb attack in Kabul,Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018. Taliban insurgents staged acoordinated attack targeting a security firm in the Afghan capital onWednesday, killing people and wounding others.]

The attacks by the militants and counter-terrorist operations by thesecurity forces intensified after earlier this month Washingtoncancelled secretpeace talks with the Talibanlinkafterthe movementhad admitted to organising an attack in which a US soldier waskilled, Sputnik has reported.