"Judicial officials and other civilians can never be considered combatants and thus should not be targeted," he said. A statement from the interior ministry said 21 others, including six police officers, were wounded in the attack on the courthouse in Puli Alim, the provincial capital. In a statement, it said that one of those killed was a junior prosecutor and that three judges were among the wounded. Last week, four Taliban gunmen disguised in women's burqas and wearing military uniforms underneath attacked a court building in eastern Ghazni province, killing five civilians and a policeman, Afghan officials said. Taliban gunmen stormed a court building in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing seven people, including a newly appointed chief prosecutor, the latest in a series of insurgent attacks on judicial employees.

Source: Fox News June 05, 2016 09:09 UTC