Taliban attacks kill 7 police, 3 civilians: Afghan officials

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Multiple Taliban attacks have killed at least  seven policemen and three civilians across Afghanistan on  Saturday,  as insurgents continue with near daily assaults on Government and  civilian targets.

Taliban killed at least four policemen when they stormed a security  check point in northern Sari Pul province, a provincial official said.

Mohammad Noor Rahmani, head of the provincial council, said five  others were wounded in Saturday’s attack on the outskirts of the  province’s capital city.

In a separate report form eastern Ghazni province, Taliban launched  attacks on security checkpoints on Saturday, killing three personnel  and wounding seven others.

A spokesman for the provincial police chief, Ahmad Khan Serat, said  police killed seven insurgents during the gun battle. Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in Ghazni, but made  no statement on Sari Pul.

Meanwhile twin bomb blasts killed at least three civilians in eastern  Nangarhar province, according to local officials. Attahullah Khogyani, spokesman for the provincial governor, said  19 others were wounded in Saturday’s blasts the provincial capital of Jalalabad.

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