Afghan security forces keep watch at a checkpoint near the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb. 24, 2018.
VOA: Taliban, IS Claim Deadly Attacks Across Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD — A series of suicide bombings and militant raids in Afghanistan has killed dozens of people, a day after construction work on the much-awaited Afghan section of an international gas pipeline began.
An Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman said a suicide bomber Saturday blew himself up near a security post in Kabul, killing at least three people and wounding several others.
The Islamic State terrorist group claimed it plotted the violence in the capital city.
Officials said the deadliest of the several attacks occurred in western Farah province, where Taliban insurgents in a pre-dawn assault killed at least 20 government forces before capturing their base in Bala Baluk district.
Separately, two early morning suicide bombings targeted Afghan forces in the troubled Helmand province.
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More News On Wave Of Attacks In Afghanistan
At least 23 dead in series of attacks in Afghanistan -- CBC
Wave of Taliban Attacks Kills at Least 20 Afghan Soldiers -- New York Times
Afghanistan: Soldiers killed in wave of attacks -- BBC
Suicide Blast, Attacks Kill Dozens In Afghanistan -- Radio Free Europe
Multiple attacks in Afghanistan leave many dead -- DW
Nearly two dozen Afghan soldiers killed in multiple attacks -- Aljazeera
Dozens killed as Taliban, IS launch multiple attacks across Afghanistan -- SCMP
