<\/p>\n\n\n<\/noscript><\/p>\nPHOTO: AFP<\/p>\n<\/div>\nAt least three police officers were killed and a dozen more wounded Saturday when a Taliban suicide bomber drove an explosives-packed, US-made armoured vehicle into a compound in eastern Afghanistan, officials said.<\/p>\nThe pre-dawn blast took place as violence rages across Afghanistan, even though the US is leading a push for a peace deal with the Taliban, with a new round of talks expected in the coming days.<\/p>\nAccording to Aref Noori, the spokesman for Ghazni province, Saturday\u2019s attack targeted the police headquarters compound in Ghazni\u2019s Ab Band district.<\/p>\n\u201cA Humvee vehicle was driven into the compound and blown up. Three police officers have been killed and 12 wounded,\u201d he told AFP, adding the vehicle had been captured from Afghan forces.<\/p>\nAhmad Khan Sirat, the provincial police spokesman, told AFP the police headquarters building had also been partially damaged in the attack, which was claimed by the Taliban.<\/p>\nThe attack came hours after another Taliban assault in Ghazni province late on Friday, this time in Khogyani district, which left at least three security forces dead including the district police chief, Noori said.<\/p>\nThe Taliban have increased their attacks across the country at the peak of their \u201cfighting season\u201d. The US, too, has stepped up air strikes this year.<\/p>\nOn Thursday, a series of bombings in the capital Kabul claimed by the Taliban and the Islamic State group\u2019s Afghanistan branch killed at least 10 people and wounded scores more.<\/p>\nThe bombings come as Zalmay Khalilzad, the US special envoy for peace in Afghanistan, is expected to resume a new round of talks with the Taliban in Doha.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n
\n<\/noscript><\/p>\nPHOTO: AFP<\/p>\n<\/div>\nAt least three police officers were killed and a dozen more wounded Saturday when a Taliban suicide bomber drove an explosives-packed, US-made armoured vehicle into a compound in eastern Afghanistan, officials said.<\/p>\nThe pre-dawn blast took place as violence rages across Afghanistan, even though the US is leading a push for a peace deal with the Taliban, with a new round of talks expected in the coming days.<\/p>\nAccording to Aref Noori, the spokesman for Ghazni province, Saturday\u2019s attack targeted the police headquarters compound in Ghazni\u2019s Ab Band district.<\/p>\n\u201cA Humvee vehicle was driven into the compound and blown up. Three police officers have been killed and 12 wounded,\u201d he told AFP, adding the vehicle had been captured from Afghan forces.<\/p>\nAhmad Khan Sirat, the provincial police spokesman, told AFP the police headquarters building had also been partially damaged in the attack, which was claimed by the Taliban.<\/p>\nThe attack came hours after another Taliban assault in Ghazni province late on Friday, this time in Khogyani district, which left at least three security forces dead including the district police chief, Noori said.<\/p>\nThe Taliban have increased their attacks across the country at the peak of their \u201cfighting season\u201d. The US, too, has stepped up air strikes this year.<\/p>\nOn Thursday, a series of bombings in the capital Kabul claimed by the Taliban and the Islamic State group\u2019s Afghanistan branch killed at least 10 people and wounded scores more.<\/p>\nThe bombings come as Zalmay Khalilzad, the US special envoy for peace in Afghanistan, is expected to resume a new round of talks with the Taliban in Doha.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n
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