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Taliban kill several Afghan soldiers at base in southwestern Farah province

Monday, 03 May 2021 5:57 PM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 04 May 2021 2:29 PM ]

Afghan soldiers stand guard near the site of a bomb attack in Kabul, April 21, 2021. (File photo by AFP)

Seven Afghan soldiers have been killed in an attack by the Taliban militants on an army outpost in the southwestern province of Farah.

Provincial Governor Taj Mohammad Jahid said on Monday that the militants had blown up a bomb at the base after digging a 400-meter tunnel from a nearby house.

The militants also captured one soldier.

Khayer Mohammad Noorzai, a provincial council member, put the death toll at about 30 including elite commando forces.

Also on Monday, more than 20 people, including five children, were injured in an explosion in the provincial capital.

On Friday, at least 27 people were killed and dozens more wounded in a powerful car bomb in the eastern province of Logar.

Violence against Afghans has escalated in recent weeks.

Under an agreement that was reached between the Taliban and the administration of former US President Donald Trump in Qatar last year, foreign forces were to have left Afghanistan by May 1.

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Since the withdrawal deal was struck, the Taliban have not directly engaged the US-led foreign troops, but have mercilessly attacked government forces across the country.

US President Joe Biden has pushed back the May 1 deadline. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has also said the withdrawal does not mean the United States will “leave.”

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