12 May 2014

Taliban kill 21 at start of Afghan spring fighting | RallyPoint.com

Military News - Taliban kill 21 at start of Afghan spring fighting

Image Copyright: Rahmat Gul / AP

By Rahim Faiez
Copyright: The Associated Press

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN — The Taliban unleashed a wave of attacks Monday across Afghanistan to mark the start of their spring offensive, storming a government building in the east where attackers killed two police guards and five civilians, and striking a police checkpoint to the south and killing nine policemen.

Also Monday, rockets hit inside the grounds of the Kabul international airport but caused no damage. Rockets also struck the NATO base at Bagram, just north of the Afghan capital, causing minor damage, the alliance said.

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