Taliban Car Bomb Attack Kills 12 in Afghanistan

TEHRAN (IQNA) –  The Afghan Taliban killed at least 12 security force members in a car bomb attack on a military base in the southern province of Maidan Wardak on Monday, officials said.

More than 28 security officials were wounded in the attack at the sprawling military base when the militants detonated the car bomb and two gunmen entered the compound, government officials said.

The Taliban claimed responsibility, Reuters reported.

On Sunday, a car bomb attack on a convoy of the governor of Afghanistan’s southern Logar province killed at least eight security force members.

The Taliban have ramped up attacks in strategic provinces in recent months.