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UPDATED 11:23 AM PT — Tuesday, December 24, 2019
More than a dozen people are dead following an attack on an Afghan
military checkpoint. Reports said Taliban militants ambushed a
checkpoint in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday, which resulted in the
deaths of at least seven soldiers. The attack also left six security
forces wounded.“As a result of this attack, seven Afghan Army soldiers died and three others were wounded,” Afghan Defense Ministry officials said in a statement. “Meanwhile, in this attack, three National Directorate of Security (NDS) staff were also injured.”
Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Taliban, has officially claimed responsibility for the attack. He said the insurgents captured four Afghan troops.
This ambush came a day after an American soldier was killed in the country. The Taliban took credit for the attack, which occurred during a NATO-led combat mission in the northern Kunduz Province.
These recent killings may put strain on peace talks between the U.S. and the Taliban. Pentagon officials said this isn’t the first time a situation like this has conflicted with negotiations. They added it’s “as far from good faith as you can get.”
Talks were restarted earlier this month. President Trump ended conversations in September following a separate attack, which killed a U.S. solider and 11 others.
