Taliban Went On Bloody Rampage, Killing 26 Afghan Forces

KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban insurgents knocked down two security outposts in the late-night deadly shooting rampage, that lasted for several hours, multiple Afghan news agencies reported on Wednesday. In the shootout, 18 Afghan soldiers and 3 police officers were killed when their checkpoints came under Taliban attacks outside the northern city of Kunduz. Holding the Taliban responsible for deadly onslaughts, the US lead coalition carried out a series of airstrikes against the Taliban Jihadists in Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province. A spokesman for US forces in Afghanistan made the announcement during a press briefing that the Taliban had promised that they would not attack Afghan forces once a peace deal is enforced, but on Wednesday they launched more than three dozen attacks on the government forces in Helmand province. In another overnight attack, Police headquarters in Trinkot city of Urozgan Province in southern Afghanistan collapsed to the Taliban. In a bloody attack, five police officers were killed and seven more were critically wounded. During the fire exchange Taliban militants sustained large casualties as well, local Afghan media reported on Wednesday.