Afghan special forces stand guard at the site of a bombing attack on the outskirts of Kabul last year.
In a video message to media, Farah Governor Taj Mohammad Jahid said the Taliban had blown up an army outpost after digging a 400m tunnel to access it from a nearby house. He added that one soldier had also been captured by the insurgents. Provincial council member Khayer Mohammad Noorzai said that around 30 had died in the attack and that the base was in the hands of the Taliban.Officials said a blast in the province’s capital on Monday had wounded 21 people, including five children. Farah Public Health Director Abdul Jabar Shayeq said three of the injured were in hospital in critical condition.
Under a February 2020 deal between former US president Donald Trump’s administration and the Taliban, foreign forces were to withdraw from the country by May 1 while the hardline Islamist group held off on attacking foreign troops and bases.
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