Surprise Taliban Attack Leads To Days Of Fighting, Hundreds Of Deaths
Afghanistan's military was launching a counteroffensive aimed at flushing militants out of the strategically vital city of Ghazni, which was attacked on Friday.
by Bill Chappell
Aug 13, 2018
2 minutes
The Taliban's surprise attack Friday on the city of Ghazni has now killed around 100 members of Afghanistan's police and security forces and between 20 and 30 civilians, Afghan officials said Monday.
A U.S. military spokesman told NPR's Diaa Hadid that some 140 Taliban
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