World News | Suicide Truck Bomber Kills 8 Afghan Soldiers
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. A suicide truck bomber struck an army convoy in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, killing at least eight Afghan soldiers, the Defense Ministry said.
Kabul, Jul 20 (AP) A suicide truck bomber struck an army convoy in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, killing at least eight Afghan soldiers, the Defense Ministry said.
Another nine troops were wounded in the attack in Maidan Wardak province. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but the Taliban and a local Islamic State affiliate routinely target Afghan security forces.
The Taliban have stepped up attacks across Afghanistan despite signing a peace deal with the US in February. That agreement was intended to pave the way for talks between the insurgents and the Afghan government leading to an end to decades of war.
Those talks were supposed to begin this month, but the process has stalled over the implementation of a prisoner release.
The peace deal called for the Afghan government to free 5,000 Taliban prisoners in exchange for the Taliban releasing 1,000 captive government personnel. So far, the government has freed more than 4,200 and the Taliban have freed around 800. (AP)
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