The attack occurred in the district of Ghorian, province of Herat. According to Mohammad Sardar Bahaduri, member of the provincial council, it was made by two insurgent talibans infiltrated among the members of the militia. "The militiamen were dining when the attack took place", he specified.
According to talibans, the two attackers escaped and joined the group. Two police officers were also killed, and another casualty, Saturday in Kabul during the explosion of a mine placed in the road in order to target their vehicle, journalists Ferdaws Faramarz announced to spokesman of the police force of the capital.
Violence still grows more and more
Violence is increasing through the country these last months, in particular in the capital, theatre of a series of targeted assassinations aiming at the member of police force and those of the media, politicians and defenders of the human rights.
This deterioration of the security situation intervenes in spite of the negotiations of peace in progress in Doha, in Qatar, between the Afghan government and the talibans. These talks, begun in September, go very slowly, and the two camps are trying now to agree on the diary of the discussions.
Corneille Kinsala N’soki
(CKS/Yes)