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Taliban night raids kill at least 37 Afghan police, soldiers
« on: September 14, 2018, 04:44:33 pm »
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Taliban night raids kill at least 37 Afghan police, soldiers
By Nicholas Sakelaris

Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Taliban fighters launched several coordinated attacks against Afghanistan checkpoints, killing more than three dozen people, officials said Friday.

The violence spread across four Afghan provinces, from the west near Farah to the northern Samangan province.

The hours-long night-time gun battles killed 29 police officers and Afghan national army soldiers in Farah province alone. At least 37 deaths were reported.

Read more at: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2018/09/14/Taliban-night-raids-kill-at-least-37-Afghan-police-soldiers/9571536937323/

"...a particular bloody month in Afghanistan..." the article goes on to say, this may be correct. Perhaps there have been lulls in the fighting. This is really bad though.