An Afghan official says the Taliban stormed an army checkpoint in western Farah province, killing 20 troops.
Provincial councilman Dadullah Qaneh said on Monday that theinsurgents also captured two soldiers in the attack in Gulistan districtovernight. The fate of the abducted wasn’t immediately known.
A Taliban spokesman, Qari Yusouf Ahmadi, claimedresponsibility for the attack.
The Taliban still carry out near-daily attacks on Afghanforces even as peace efforts have accelerated to find an end to Afghanistan’snearly 18-year war.
Earlier on Sunday, the Taliban set off a suicide car bombingand stormed a police headquarters in northern Baghlan province, killing 13policemen and setting off a six-hour gunbattle.The Interior Ministry said 55 people, including20 civilians, were wounded before the attackers were all killed.