10 Police Officers Killed in Ambush by Militants in Afghanistan

10 Police Officers Killed in Ambush by Militants in Afghanistan
The Interior Ministry said in a statement that around 38 militants, including 23 Islamic State fighters, were killed in separate operations conducted by Afghan security forces in the eastern
and southern regions of the country over the past two days.
25, 2017
KABUL, Afghanistan — At least 10 police officers and the wife of a police commander were killed in an ambush
by Islamic State militants in the northern province of Zawzjan, a provincial official said on Saturday.
Militants linked to the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, have been active in Afghanistan’s eastern regions,
but have recently begun operating in the north of the country as well.
In Laghman Province, in the east, two students were killed when a mortar shell
struck a school classroom, a news release from the Education Ministry said.
Eight other militants were wounded and six were arrested in the operations, which were conducted
in districts across the Nangarhar and Helmand provinces, the statement added.