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The Taliban captures Zaranj, the provincial capital of Nimruz Province, making it the first major capture of a provincial city by the group since the 2001 invasion. A spokesperson for the local police confirms that the city has fallen into Taliban control and blames the lack of reinforcements of military from the central government.
2021-08-6

At least four security forces personnel, including a commander, are killed in eastern and southern Afghanistan as clashes with an unidentified terrorist group intensify. Separately, in Kandahar, a Humvee containing explosives detonates, injuring seven police officers.
2021-02-13

Gunmen attack a security checkpoint in Puli Khumri, Baghlan Province, killing 13 police officers. An armoured personnel carrier and several police vehicles are also destroyed during the attack, which Afghan officials blame on the Taliban. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
2020-12-16

The Taliban kills at least 12 members of the police in Baharak District, Takhar Province.
2020-10-21

The Taliban kills four Afghan soldiers and four police officers in Aliabad District, Kunduz Province. Five soldiers and two police are also injured in the attack. In Helmand Province, the Taliban kills at least three security forces and injures another three.
2020-10-9

Taliban insurgents kill a police officer and wound another two in Farang District, Baghlan Province.
2020-09-30

Insurgents kills at least 14 security forces in Gizab District, Uruzgan Province.
2020-09-22

At least seven policemen are killed and 15 others injured after a car bomb explodes outside a police station in Ghazni, Afghanistan. As yet nobody has claimed responsibility.
2020-08-9

A suicide attack on a police compound in Gardez, Paktia Province, kills at least 20 people, while a separate gun attack at a training facility in neighboring Ghazni Province leaves another 15 people dead.
2017-10-17

A gunman, reportedly wearing an Afghan police uniform, kills at least 14 people and wounds dozens more in the Shiite Karte Sakhi shrine in Kabul on the beginning of Ashura. Police kill the attacker.
2016-10-11