Taliban kill at least 10 Afghan soldiers in country's west as insurgents kill four policemen in attacks on security checkpoints in northern Afghanistan - officials
Afghan security forces keep watch outside a mosque after a blast in Kabul, Afghanistan. May 24, 2019.
They were travelling in a Humvee when the explosion took place on Sunday afternoon in the Bala Buluk district, said Shah Mahmmod Nahimi, a provincial councilman.Elsewhere, the Taliban targeted several checkpoints in northern Sari Pul province on Sunday night, killing four members of the security forces and wounding 22, said Zabiullah Amani, the provincial governor's spokesman.
Arab Haidari, from the religious affairs ministry, said all the wounded are ministry's employees who were on their way to work when the explosion took place.
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