KABUL (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 17th September, 2020) The Taliban Islamist movement has attacked three police posts in the eastern province of Nangarhar, leaving eight officers killed and four more injured, a source told Sputnik on Thursday.
The incidents took place in Nangarhar's Khogyani district last night, according to the source.�The militants have also taken three police officers as their prisoners.
The security posts collapsed as a result of the attacks.
The attacks occurred amid the Saturday launch of the intra-Afghan peace talks in the Qatari capital of Doha. The negotiations became possible after the government and the Taliban had successfully completed a long-awaited prisoner exchange arrangement.