Taliban attack police headquarters in Afghanistan

At least 20 people have been wounded in an attack by the Taliban militant group on the police headquarters in Afghanistan’s northern Baghlan Province.

The injuries were caused after a militant driving a Humvee packed with explosives rammed the vehicle into the police compound in Pul-e-Khumri district of the province.

Local Afghan officials said armed assailants then entered the police headquarters and opened fire on the security forces stationed there.

“Clashes have not stopped. Twenty injured people were taken to the hospital from the blast site,” media outlets quoted Assadullah Shahbaz, a member of the Baghlan provincial council, as saying.

Shahbaz added that authorities had sought immediate reinforcements from neighboring provinces.

A Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility for the “big blast” and the ongoing clashes with the Afghan forces.