Kunduz, Afghanistan: Taliban insurgents ambushed and killed a police commander and seven other people, including three women, in Afghanistan today, two days after the insurgents announced the beginning of their spring offensive.
The Taliban insurgency has gained strength since the withdrawal of international forces from combat at the end of 2014 and the Taliban are stronger than at any point since they were driven from power by US-backed forces in 2001.
Qahar Khurm Aabi, highway police commander in the northern provinces of Takhar and Kunduz, was killed in a Taliban ambush along with four of his guards on his way to work, said Khalil Aseer, Takhar police spokesman.
Three was no immediate comment from the Taliban.
The seasons have long shaped violence in Afghanistan with fighting easing off in the winter, when mountain passes get snowed in, and picking up again in the spring and summer.
Underscoring the daunting task Afghanistan faces in establishing peace, a militia commander and a member of a provincial council were killed by rivals in Takhar on Wednesday after a long-running feud, Aseer said.
The Taliban insurgency has gained strength since the withdrawal of international forces from combat at the end of 2014 and the Taliban are stronger than at any point since they were driven from power by US-backed forces in 2001.
Qahar Khurm Aabi, highway police commander in the northern provinces of Takhar and Kunduz, was killed in a Taliban ambush along with four of his guards on his way to work, said Khalil Aseer, Takhar police spokesman.
Three was no immediate comment from the Taliban.
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The seasons have long shaped violence in Afghanistan with fighting easing off in the winter, when mountain passes get snowed in, and picking up again in the spring and summer.
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Underscoring the daunting task Afghanistan faces in establishing peace, a militia commander and a member of a provincial council were killed by rivals in Takhar on Wednesday after a long-running feud, Aseer said.
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