GHAZNI: Nine Afghan national army has been killed in an insider attack by the Taliban in central Afghanistan on Saturday.
The Afghan soldiers were martyred by Taliban terrorists in Qarabagh district of Ghazni province.
The Afghan defense ministry announced the news on Twitter that their troops had been killed by Taliban infiltrators.
Defense ministry spokesman Fawad Aman denied a report from a member of Ghazni’s provincial council that 23 Afghan security forces had been killed.
The attack underlines the ongoing dangers Afghan and allied forces face from Taliban fighters pretending to be loyal to the government.
Earlier in July, an Afghan soldier killed two US troops as they were visiting an Afghan army base in Kandahar.
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