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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

The Taliban kill at least 12 police officers and injure 10 others in Jurm District, Badakhshan Province.
2020-11-17

Three policemen are killed and two others are injured after a bomb on a motorbike explodes near a police checkpoint in Herat, Herat Province.
2020-11-1

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

Four militants attack a state television building in Jalalabad, killing at least six people. The militants are also killed after engaging with Afghan police. ISIL claimed responsibility for the attack.
2017-05-17

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