Taliban attacks leave 50 dead, 200 injured in two Afghan provinces The Taliban militants have launched coordinated Attacks on police forces in two neighboring provinces in southern Afghanistan, leaving at least 50 people dead and more than 200 others injured. The Interior Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday that the militants with explosives-laden vehicles had initially attacked a police training center in Gardez, the capital of Paktia Province in southeast Afghanistan, claiming at least 32 lives and wounding more than 200 others. “At first a suicide bomber detonated a car filled with explosives near the training center, making way for a number of attackers to start their assault,” the statement said. Hospital officials said “women, students and police” were among the victims. Smoke rises from police headquarters while Afghan security forces keep watch after a car bomber and gunmen attac...