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Taliban launches attack at Afghan intelligence base after government goes on offensive

By Zach Halaschak

Published May 18, 2020 10:48pm ET

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Taliban launches attack at Afghan intelligence base after government goes on offensive — Afghan security forces inspect the site of a bomb explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, May 18, 2020. A suicide bomber in a stolen military Humvee targeted a base in eastern Afghanistan belonging to the country's intelligence service early on Monday, killing at least nine members of the force, Afghan officials said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. | (Rahmat Gul/AP)

At least nine people are dead and dozens more injured after the Taliban blew up a stolen Humvee at a government base.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack on Monday, which comes after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani announced that security forces would be switched “from an active defense mode to an offensive one” following increased violence in the country.

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