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Taliban Attacks in Afghanistan's Nangarhar Province Leave 8 Police Officers Killed – Source

KABUL (Sputnik) - The Taliban has attacked three police posts in the eastern province of Nangarhar, leaving eight officers killed and four more injured, a source told Sputnik on Thursday.
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The incidents took place in Nangarhar's Khogyani district last night, according to the source. The militants have also taken three police officers as their prisoners.

The security posts collapsed as a result of the attacks.

The attacks occurred amid the Saturday launch of the intra-Afghan peace talks in the Qatari capital of Doha. The negotiations became possible after the government and the Taliban had successfully completed a long-awaited prisoner exchange arrangement.

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