{"id":6724,"date":"2018-11-26T17:18:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T17:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/6724-at-least-22-afghan-police-killed-in-taliban-ambush\/"},"modified":"2018-11-26T17:18:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-26T17:18:00","slug":"at-least-22-afghan-police-killed-in-taliban-ambush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/6724-at-least-22-afghan-police-killed-in-taliban-ambush\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 22 Afghan police killed in Taliban ambush"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At least 22 police were killed in a Taliban ambush in Afghanistan\u2019s western province of Farah late on Sunday, officials said, adding to the growing casualty toll on Afghan security forces fighting an increasingly confident insurgency.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>At least 22 police were killed in a Taliban ambush in Afghanistan\u2019s western province of Farah late on Sunday, officials said, adding to the growing casualty toll on Afghan security forces fighting an increasingly confident insurgency.<\/h4>\n<h4>Taliban militants ambushed a security forces\u2019 convoy in Lash-e Joveyn district of Farah, a remote and sparsely populated province where the Taliban have control of large parts of the countryside.<\/h4>\n<h4>Police spokesman Mohebullah Moheb confirmed the ambush but gave no details. 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