HERAT CITY (SW) – A well-placed security source in Herat told Salam
Watandar at least eight policemen got killed and some 16 others got
wounded in the Taliban’s attacks in the Gulraan district.

When contacted, Mohammad Arif, a former member of the provincial council,
said a number of civilians also sustained losses in this attack.

The provincial governor, Abdul Qayum Rahimi, has confirmed the clashes,
but declined to share more details about the casualties.

Claiming responsibility for the attack, the Taliban said in a statement
that they have overrun the Gulraan district after killing 12 policemen and
injuring eight more.

Meanwhile, the provincial police headquarters, has asserted that ten
Taliban insurgents have been killed in these clashes.

Separately, three policemen have been killed in the Taliban’s assault on
security check posts around the provincial capital, Farah City, Shah
Mehmood Naimi, deputy chairman for the provincial council, confirmed.