At least 11 dead in Taliban attack on Afghan police HQ

Afghan police arrive near a site of car bomb attack as smoke rises from the Police headquarters in Kandahar province on July 18, 2019. At least 11 people were killed and scores more wounded when the Taliban attacked a police headquarters in the southern city of Kandahar, officials and the insurgents say

At least 11 people were killed and scores more wounded Thursday when the Taliban attacked a police headquarters in the southern city of Kandahar, officials and the insurgents said.

The assault comes amid a series of peace talks between Washington and the Taliban that both sides say are making progress, but which so far have yielded no reduction in violence in the gruelling Afghan conflict.