KABUL: Afghan officials said on Tuesday that two Taliban attacks targetedAfghan security checkpoints in the country’s west and east, killing atleast 23 members of the security forces.
In western Ghor province, Abdul Hai Khateby, the governor’s spokesman, says18 policemen and pro-government militiamen were killed and seven werewounded in hours-long gunbattle with insurgents near Feroz Koh, theprovincial capital. No group immediately took responsibility for the attack.
In eastern Logar province, Mohammad Naser Ghairat, a provincial councilman,said insurgents overran an army checkpoint in the district of Baraki Barakon Monday, killing five soldiers there.
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Ghairat said four soldiers were also wounded while the Taliban capturedfour others. He says the insurgents stole a Humvee and ammunition from thecheckpoint. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the Logar attack.
