Three suicide bombers struck two police stations in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Wednesday, injuring six people, officials said.Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danish said the first suicide bomber struck a station in the western part of the city. There was sporadic gunfire after the blast, as a “cleanup operation” was on. The other two suicide bombers struck at the entrance of a police station in the city centre.
Asam, the head of the Kabul ambulance service, confirmed that six people have been transferred to hospitals.
The Taliban and Islamic State (IS) frequently target Afghanistan’s western-backed government and security forces. Twin suicide bombings claimed by the IS last week killed at least 25 people, including nine journalists who rushed to the scene of the first attack. It was the deadliest assault on reporters since the fall of the Taliban in 2001.
Capture of the northern district by insurgents
Elsewhere in Afghanistan, the Taliban advanced on a district compound, officials said Wednesday, with one reporting the capture of the northern district by insurgents and another saying heavy fighting was still on.
The battle for the compound in the Bilchirgh district, in the northern Faryab province, came a day after insurgents captured the district compound in the remote Tala wa Barfak district, in the northern Baghlan province. The Taliban have captured several districts in different parts of the country from Afghan security forces since 2014, when the U.S. and NATO formally concluded their combat mission and shifted to a supporting role.
Mohammad Hashim, a Member of Parliament from Faryab Province, said the Taliban captured the district headquarters in Bilchirgh early on Wednesday after more than 40 security forces retreated under heavy fire. He said the Taliban also captured several villages nearby. Provincial police spokesman Abdul Karim Yuresh said fighting was on and that the government forces still held the compound.
The Taliban issued a statement saying they controlled the district and claimed to have killed 10 security forces.
Attack on school
Elsewhere in Afghanistan, the Taliban attacked a school that was used as a voter registration center, killing eight soldiers in the latest in a series of attacks targeting preparations for elections later this year.Abdul Aziz Beg, head of the governing council in the western Badghis province, said two other soldiers were wounded and one is missing.
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