Security
Ghazni: A suicide vest accidentally went off among Taliban militants in Ghazni province, killing several militants and suicide bombers. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) in a statement said a suicide vest strapped in the body of a Taliban militant went off prematurely, killing 3 suicide bombers and 12 militants. Khaama, Pajhwok
Kapisa: The Afghan Special Forces have killed 22 Taliban and ISIS militants during the operations .The informed military sources said that the Afghan Special Forces conducted an operation in Tagab district of Kapisa, killed 6 Taliban fighters and destroyed a small weapons cache. Khaama
Logar: The security forces carried out a series of airstrikes in three provinces and killed at least 17 Taliban militants. The military officials said that airstrikes killed 4 Taliban militants in Qarabagh district of Ghazni province. The officials further added that similar airstrikes killed 11 Taliban militants in Khas Uruzgan district of Uruzgan province. Furthermore, the officials said an airstrike killed 2 Taliban militants in Baraki Barak district of Logar province. Khaama
Pul-I-Alam: At least two Afghan Local Police (ALP) personnel have been killed and as many wounded as a result of a foreign forces’ airstrike in central Logar province. Pajhwok
Farah City: Security forces have suffered casualties and eight tanks have been destroyed as a result of an insurgent ambush in the Bala Baluk district of western Farah province. Pajhwok
Gardez: Afghan Local Police (ALP) commander for Zurmat district of southeastern Paktia province was killed and nine others including children were wounded when a car bomb hit his vehicle. Pajhwok
Badakhshan: Heavy clashes are ongoing in Keran Wa Manjan district of the northeastern province of Badakhshan between security forces and the Taliban. Tolonews
Ghazni: A U.S. airstrike killed the deputy intelligence chief of Taliban for Qarabagh district of Ghazni province.The 203rd Thunder Corps in a statement said the U.S. forces conducted the airstrike in Khalo Khel and Sherabad areas of Qarabagh district.The statement further added that the airstrikes killed 8 Taliban militants including the deputy intelligence chief of Taliban for Qarabagh. Khaama
