BFF-47 19 Afghan police killed in Taliban attack on base: officials

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19 Afghan police killed in Taliban attack on base: officials

KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, June 9, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – At least 19 Afghan police
officers were killed in a pre-dawn raid by the Taliban on a base in northern
Kunduz Saturday, officials said, hours before the militants announced an
unprecedented ceasefire.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, which Kunduz provincial
governor spokesman Nehmatullah Taimuri said also wounded five members of the
local police force in Qal-e-Zal district.

BSS/AFP/FI/ 1656 hrs