Taliban fighters detonate truck bombs in Afghanistan, killing 18, wounding 150

GHAZNI, Afghanistan - Reuters

Afghan policemen stand guard at the site of an attack in the city of Jalalabad August 30, 2014. REUTERS Photo

Taliban insurgents detonated two powerful truck bombs outside the office of Afghanistan's spy agency and a police compound in the central town of Ghazni on Sept. 4, killing 18 people and wounding around 150, the provincial governor said.
  
The attack, the biggest in recent weeks, comes days after  the National Directorate of Security, the intelligence arm that is leading the fight against the insurgents, was targeted in the east.
   
Ghazni provincial governor Musa Khan Akbarzada said a team of 19 insurgents was involved in the attack which also targeted a quick reaction team housed in the police compound. The explosions which shattered windows in the town were followed by gunbattles with Afghan forces, he said.