The Police headquarters of Pul-e-Khumri city in Baghlan Province faced a complex attack by a group of eight Taliban gunmen on May 5, in which all the gunmen and 13 Policemen were killed and 55 others were wounded, including 20 civilians, the Ministry of Interior said in a statement, reports Tolo News.
The attack started with a car bomb explosion outside the Police headquarters and was followed by at least six hours of gun battle between the attackers and the militants. The Ministry of Interior said the attackers were equipped with suicide vests and that all of them were killed by the Special Unit of Police. Taliban claimed the responsibility for the attack and claimed that a suicide bomber detonated a humvee (High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle) full of explosives at the beginning of the attack.