KABUL: Taliban insurgents killed eight election officials in a bomb attack in the southern Kandahar province, Afghan officials said on Sunday.
A spokesman for the Independent Election Commission said that the employees were in the district of Maruf conducting voter registration when Saturday night’s attack occurred.
A defense ministry spokesman said Taliban detonated four stolen Humvees full of explosives outside the district’s police headquarters, where the election officials were staying.
Aman said at least four Afghan security officers were also killed.
The Interior Ministry said in a statement that security forces killed 25 Taliban fighters when repelling the assault.
