Taliban fighters kill 9 Afghan policemen in attack on checkpoints

SANAA, March. 30 (YPA) – Nine policemen were killed and six others wounded in Taliban fighters’ attack in Afghanistan, according to Afghanistan’s local media on Saturday.

The Taliban then ambushed a group of police rushing to the scene, killing the head of the local police.

In August, Taliban fighters briefly held Ghazni city before they were pushed out by US air strikes and Afghan forces.

President Ashraf Ghani in January said about 45,000 security forces have been killed since he took office in September 2014.

The attacks come in line of great efforts are being played by the United States to seek to broker a peace accord with the Taliban and the Kabul government.

Ali Ahsan