AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): The Taliban have attacked a convoy of US troops in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar, a couple of days after American airstrikes killed a commander of the militant group and several other militants in the country.
A roadside bomb struck one of the armored vehicles of the US forces in the district of Dand on Saturday, according to a NATO spokesman who said there were no immediate reports on casualties.
Qari Yousuf Ahmadi, a spokesman for the Taliban, claimed responsibility for the the blast and said all the soldiers in the vehicle had been killed.
The attack came just days after a US airstrike killed a Taliban splinter group commander, identified as Mullah Nangyalay, in the western province of Herat.
More than 60 civilians were also killed or wounded in the attack, local officials said.
Tens of thousands of Afghan civilians along with members of security forces have been killed since the US invaded Afghanistan in October 2001.
The Taliban have been negotiating with the administration of President Donald Trump for more than a year over the withdrawal of US troops in exchange for security guarantees from the militants.
The negotiations take place almost 18 years after the US invaded Afghanistan and overthrew a ruling Taliban regime.
Having failed to end the Taliban’s militancy, American forces have since remained bogged down in Afghanistan through the presidencies of George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and now, Donald Trump.
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source : Press TV
Saturday
11 January 2020
1:59:38 PM
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Taliban hit US military convoy, claim killing 'all troops'
The Taliban have attacked a convoy of US troops in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar, a couple of days after American airstrikes killed a commander of the militant group and several other militants in the country.