Afghan forces end Taliban siege, death toll reaches 10

Afghan forces end Taliban siege, death toll reaches 10

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (AFGHANISTAN) - Afghan security forces on Thursday brought an end to a six-hour gun and grenade siege by Taliban insurgents on a court complex in northern Afghanistan, with the death toll rising to 10.

Afghan security forces arrive at the site of an attack by gunmen at a court complex in Mazar-i-sharif on April 9, 2015

"Five security personnel and five civilians were killed and 66 others were wounded," said Abdul Raziq Qaderi, the acting provincial police chief of Balkh province.

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