Suicide car bomb kills 26 Afghan security personnel

GHAZNI AFP, 29 Nov, 2020-  A suicide car bomber struck an army base in Afghanistan on Sunday killing at least 26 security personnel, officials said, in one of the bloodiest attacks in recent months.   

The attack occurred on the outskirts of Ghazni city, capital of the eastern province of Ghazni, which has seen regular fighting between the Taliban and government forces.   

It came as the government and Taliban are engaged in peace talks to end the war in the impoverished country that has killed tens of thousands of people in nearly two decades.   

 “We have received 26 bodies and 17 wounded so far. All of them are security personnel,” Baz Mohammad Hemat, director of Ghazni hospital, told AFP.   

Nasir Ahmad Faqiri, a member of Ghazni provincial council, confirmed the death toll.   

Interior ministry spokesman Tariq Arian a suicide bomber had detonated a vehicle full of explosives.