Http, July 14 -- Taliban fighters launched a complex attack on an intelligence compound of the Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS) in northern Afghanistan-a first such big attack by the group since Eid's ceasefire. The attack began with a truck bombing that killed 12 people and injured 63 others, mostly civilians.

A Taliban suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden vehicle at the outside of the provincial municipality building, which is located near to the provincial office of (NDS) in Aibak, the provincial capital city, followed by two other insurgents who opened fire, Governor Spokesman Sediq Azizi told Afghanistan Times.

Afghan security forces killed both the attackers. "The clash lasted for two hours," he said.

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