Afghanistan: Insurgents Kill Guards of Logar Copper Mine

May 17, 2020 | Afghanistan Times
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The Taliban rebels have attacked checkpoints of security forces – guarding the country's biggest copper mine in southeastern Logar province – and killed eight guards and wounded five others. Spokesman for the ministry of mines and petroleum, Abdul Qaddir Mustafi said, 'It was not the first time, the Taliban had earlier also set attacks on the guarding checkpoints and inflicted casualties on the security forces.'