Taliban kill 'more than 100 people' in attack on Afghan military base
Attackers detonated car bomb inside complex in Maidan Wardak province, say officials
Reuters
Last modified on Mon 21 Jan 2019 10.48 EST
Afghan security officers inspect the area after the attack. One official said 126 people were killed. Photograph: Jawad Jalali/EPA The
Taliban have killed more than 100 Afghan security personnel at a military compound in central Maidan Wardak province, a senior defence official has said.
“We have information that 126 people have been killed in the explosion inside the military training centre. Eight special commandos are among the dead,” said a senior official in the defence ministry in Kabul, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The official said the assault began on Monday morning, when the attackers drove a car full of explosives through a military checkpoint and detonated the vehicle inside the campus of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) training centre in Maidan Shahr, the provincial capital.
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Two gunmen entered the campus after the explosion and shot at soldiers before being gunned down during the clashes.
Defence ministry officials said the
Taliban had used a US-made armoured Humvee vehicle captured from Afghan forces as a car bomb in order to breach the military fortifications.
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