A Taliban attack in the northern Afghan province of Baghlan has killed at least 30 soldiers and police officers, provincial officials say.
Mohammad Safdar Mohseni, head of provincial council, on August 14 said the militants set fire to two adjacent checkpoints following an overnight attack in the Baghlan-e Markazi district.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the assault, the latest in a series of attacks that have killed dozens of members of the Afghan security forces across Afghanistan in recent days.
Afghanistan’s Western-backed government in Kabul has been struggling to fend off the Taliban and other militant groups since the withdrawal of most NATO troops in 2014.