Taliban Attack Kills at Least 20 Afghan Police Officers

KABUL, Afghanistan — Four Taliban suicide bombers disguised in Afghan police uniforms stormed a heavily fortified provincial Police Headquarters in central Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing at least 20 officers and wounding eight others.

The coordinated attack in Logar Province, about 40 miles south of Kabul, came as police officers were filing into the dining hall for lunch. Because of their uniforms, the attackers were waved past a preliminary checkpoint to a parking lot near the entrance of the building, said Din Mohammed Darwish, a spokesman for the provincial governor.

But the attack raised fears among locals all the same, given the ease with which the insurgents penetrated the highly protected compound and the number of police officers killed.

“Logar is like the gate to Kabul,” said Mohibullah Saleh, a member of the provincial council. “If Logar can’t protect itself, Kabul will also be threatened.”

The New York Times