KABUL: At least 9 participants of a local Afghan police drive were killed when some other policeman opened hearth at them at a checkpoint in northern Balkh province, a provincial legitimate stated on Tuesday, the newest so-called "insider attack" in Afghanistan.
One policeman was wounded and 3 others were missing in the late Monday taking pictures in the district of Char Bolak, stated Mohammadudin Khanjer, a police legitimate.
According to Khanjer, the attacker was a policeman from some other checkpoint in the same district. He fled the scene, apparently to sign up for the Taliban, and took with him all guns from the checkpoint, Khanjer stated.
The Taliban made no fast comment at the assault however insurgents are active in Char Bolak and frequently assault Afghan security forces there.
In Kabul, the rustic's intelligence agency _ the National Directorate of Security _ stated Tuesday that its officers have arrested at least 26 suspected participants of the Islamic State crew. The agency stated the militants had deliberate to focus on Shiite Muslims all over the commemoration of Ashura this week, a major Shiite holiday.
A observation from the agency Tuesday stated the militants, including a group chief, were nabbed in separate operations in Kabul.
The IS associate in Afghanistan has stepped up attacks on minority Shiites across the country and especially in Kabul. An assault earlier this month in a Kabul Shiite community involving a dual bombing of a wrestling middle killed at least 21 other folks, including two reporters, and wounded 89 others.
Afghan forces have struggled to struggle each the Taliban and IS since the United States and NATO formally ended their struggle undertaking in the country in 2014.
One policeman was wounded and 3 others were missing in the late Monday taking pictures in the district of Char Bolak, stated Mohammadudin Khanjer, a police legitimate.
According to Khanjer, the attacker was a policeman from some other checkpoint in the same district. He fled the scene, apparently to sign up for the Taliban, and took with him all guns from the checkpoint, Khanjer stated.
The Taliban made no fast comment at the assault however insurgents are active in Char Bolak and frequently assault Afghan security forces there.
In Kabul, the rustic's intelligence agency _ the National Directorate of Security _ stated Tuesday that its officers have arrested at least 26 suspected participants of the Islamic State crew. The agency stated the militants had deliberate to focus on Shiite Muslims all over the commemoration of Ashura this week, a major Shiite holiday.
A observation from the agency Tuesday stated the militants, including a group chief, were nabbed in separate operations in Kabul.
The IS associate in Afghanistan has stepped up attacks on minority Shiites across the country and especially in Kabul. An assault earlier this month in a Kabul Shiite community involving a dual bombing of a wrestling middle killed at least 21 other folks, including two reporters, and wounded 89 others.
Afghan forces have struggled to struggle each the Taliban and IS since the United States and NATO formally ended their struggle undertaking in the country in 2014.
9 local policemen die in 'insider' attack: Afghan official
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