CNN: Taliban launches brazen attack on strategic Afghan city of Ghazni
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN)The Taliban launched a brazen attack on the strategic Afghan city of Ghazni, south of the capital Kabul, early on Friday, seizing key buildings and trading fire with security forces.
Afghan soldiers fought back as the heavily armed militants converged from four sides of the province. At least 16 people were killed and 40 injured, the majority of them Afghan security forces, Ghazni public health director Zahir Shah Nikmall told CNN.
United States forces responded to the assault with attack helicopters and a drone strike, according to US Forces Afghanistan spokesman Lt. Col. Martin O'Donnell.
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WNU Editor: This Taliban assault follows another assault on an Afghan base that was overrun and where dozens of Afghan soldiers were killed .... Dozens Of Afghan Soldiers' Bodies Found After Taliban Attack (RFE).
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