Multiple Taliban raids kill 26 Afghan police or troops

May 26, 2015 19:46

At least 26 Afghan police or soldiers have been killed in multiple Taliban attacks in the volatile south, including a 16-hour siege of a college dormitory, officials said Tuesday.

The violence over a 24-hour period comes as the insurgents step up attacks on government and foreign targets despite Kabuls repeated overtures to the Taliban to reopen peace talks.

Taliban militants raided several police outposts in Naw Zad district in the restive opium-rich province of Helmand late Monday.

Around 16 security forces have been killed in Taliban attacks in Naw Zad district, provincial council chief Karim Atal told AFP.

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