Afghan National Army soldiers attend their graduation ceremony from a 3-month training program at the Afghan Military Academy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, May 27, 2019. (Rahmat Gul/Associated Press)KABUL, Afghanistan — A roadside bombing claimed by the Taliban killed 10 Afghan soldiers in the country’s west while insurgent attacks on security checkpoints in northern Afghanistan killed four policemen, local officials said Monday. The attacks took place on the outskirts of the provincial capital of Sari Pul and triggered gunbattles that lasted for hours, he said, adding that 15 Taliban fighters were also killed. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the Farah attack in a statement on their website but did not make any announcements about the Sari Pul attack. ___Associated Press writers Maamoun Youssef in Cairo and Amir Shah in Kabul, Afghanistan, contributed to this report.

Source: Washington Post May 27, 2019 05:43 UTC