Violence in Afghanistan kills 18

Staff Report

KABUL -- An Afghan official, 10 civilians, four police officers and three militants were killed in recent violence nationwide.

A roadside bomb recently killed six civilians in Nawa District, Helmand Province, provincial governor's spokesman Omar Zwak told Pajhwok Afghan News August 29.

The bomb was planted near an army camp, he said.

The Taliban recently killed two brothers after taking them from their home in Nawa District, officials said August 29, according to Pajhwok Afghan News.

Meanwhile, an explosion in Khanabad District, Kunduz Province, August 29 killed at least four police officers, deputy provincial police chief Col. Muhammad Masoom Hashimi told Pajhwok Afghan News.

Three roadside bombs August 29 in Shindand District, Helmand Province, killed two civilians and three militants August 29, Pajhwok Afghan News reported, quoting provincial police spokesman Abdul Rauf Ahmadi.

In Logar Province, the Taliban August 28 fatally shot the Baraki Barak District executive director to death, district administrative chief Mohammad Rahim Amin said August 29, according to Pajhwok Afghan News.

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