HERAT: Taliban fighters killed as many as seven Afghan commandos in an hours-long attack on a military outpost, a lawmaker and therefore the defense ministry said on Wednesday. The assault comes as Kabul authorities accuse the insurgents of stepping up attacks against security forces in recent weeks after violence dropped across much of the country following a three-day ceasefire announced in May.
The Taliban raided the military outpost located in northwest Badghis province late Tuesday. Badghis lawmaker Ziauddin Akazi said the insurgents attacked the Bala Murghab district outpost, triggering fierce fighting that lasted for about four hours.
"Most of these killed were members of commando and Special Forces," Akazi said.
He said the attack came when a gaggle of commandos and Special Forces traveled to the outpost from their base nearby. The ministry of defense said seven security personnel were killed and five were wounded within the attack. It said security forces later repelled the Taliban attack.
The Taliban haven't commented. during a separate incident within the northern Jawzjan province on Tuesday evening, a roadside bomb ripped through a rickshaw and killed six civilians, the inside ministry said. Interior ministry spokesman Tareq Arian said the Taliban had placed the bomb on the road.
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