Taliban kills 30 Afghan security forces

Attacks came days after Taliban ended its ceasefire. Pic/AFP

Taliban fighters killed around 30 Afghan security forces in multiple attacks in western Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday, days after the group ended its ceasefire.

"More than half of the fatalities came from the ambush and roadside bomb blasts that hit a reinforcement convoy," Badghis provincial governor Abdul Qhafoor Malikzai said.

The other soldiers and police were killed when militants stormed their bases overnight, Qhafoor added. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attacks in a WhatsApp message to journalists. Provincial council chief Abdul Aziz Bek confirmed the death toll.

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