{"id":44074,"date":"2013-10-29T15:33:45","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T13:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=44074"},"modified":"2013-10-29T15:33:45","modified_gmt":"2013-10-29T13:33:45","slug":"80-afghan-policemen-die-every-week-in-taliban-attacks-44074","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/80-afghan-policemen-die-every-week-in-taliban-attacks-44074\/","title":{"rendered":"80 Afghan policemen die every week in Taliban attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_44077\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44077\" style=\"width: 432px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-44077 \" alt=\"Afghan policemen at a check post in Afghanistan. File Pic\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Afghan-Police-Nationalturk-29-480x360.jpg\" width=\"432\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Afghan-Police-Nationalturk-29-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Afghan-Police-Nationalturk-29-280x210.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Afghan-Police-Nationalturk-29.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44077\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Afghan policemen at a check post in Afghanistan. File Pic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h1>At least 80 Afghan policemen die every week in militant attacks in the fighting season from April to November in Afghanistan.<\/h1>\n<p>Kabul, Oct 29\/Nationalturk-\u00a0 In a grim reminder of the days ahead for security forces in strife-torn Afghanistan, at least 80 Afghan policemen die every week in militant attacks in the fighting season from April to November.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the ongoing fighting season since April this year,\u00a0 Taliban militants have launched over 6600 attacks across the country. These include\u00a0 50 suicide bombings, 1704 \u00a0attacks on police,&#8221; said General Salim Ehsas, Afghanistan\u2019s deputy interior minister in conference in Kabul.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Over 2000 Afghan policemen \u00a0died this year\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>The minister said over \u00a01273 national police personnel, 779 local policemen and 858 civilians have lost their lives in the militant attacks in the country from April this year.<\/p>\n<p>Ehsas said over 5500 police men and civilians have been wounded in the attacks.<\/p>\n<p>As per the statistics available, at least 80 policemen die in Taliban militant attacks in every week in the war ravaged Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>The figure does not include the Afghan army men, who die in militant attacks. Afghanistan\u2019s\u00a0 defence ministry and army have not \u00a0released figures about Afghan army men and officers, who have died fighting militancy this year. However, officials say the figure would be higher than last year.<\/p>\n<h3>\u2018Sharp rise in casualties\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>The figures reflect a sharp rise in casualties at a time when US-led NATO forces are stepping back from the frontline and would withdraw 87,000 troops by the end of 2014. In June this year, Afghan forces took control of security across the country, marking a major milestone as US-led combat troops prepare to end more than a decade of war.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen how Afghan forces deal with the situation after complete withdrawal of international forces from the country.<\/p>\n<p>According to military analysts, Afghanistan&#8217;s fighting season begins in April or May as snow melts in mountains, and slows in November, when winter sets in.<\/p>\n<p><em>Write your comments and thoughts below<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Faiz Ahmad \/ NationalTurk Afghanistan News<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 80 Afghan policemen die every week in militant attacks in the fighting season from April to November in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":732,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,80,63,1,118,85,101,14],"tags":[60302,60296,2595,60303,60301,13935,60297,60299,60300,4348,60298,50394,47060,42511,1330,60304],"class_list":["post-44074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia","category-breaking-news","category-daily","category-general","category-hot","category-media-news","category-politics","category-world","tag-afghan-army-men","tag-afghan-policemen","tag-afghanistan","tag-afghanistans-defence-ministry","tag-afghanistans-deputy-interior-minister","tag-die","tag-every-week","tag-fighting-season","tag-general-salim-ehsas","tag-kabul","tag-militant-attacks","tag-sharp-rise","tag-strife-torn","tag-suicide-bombings","tag-taliban-militants","tag-us-led-nato-forces"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/732"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44074\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}