Taliban ambush kills 22 in Sar-e-Pol north of Kabul

That the Afghan security forces are finding it difficult to come to terms with Taliban insurgency has been revealed yet again when the insurgents have killed at least 22 security force members in an ambush in Sar-e-Pol province north of Kabul in Afghanistan bbc.com.

The ambush early morning that highlights Afghanistan's fragile security structure as NATO gets ready to withdraw all of its combat troops. The ambush happened as security forces were travelling to reinforce their colleagues in another district of Sar-e-Pol.
As per reports, the Taliban attacked from the mountains as the convoy was travelling through Laghman valley - at least 22 insurgents were also killed in the attack. It has also been informed by the Sar-e-Pol provincial governor that several vehicles of the security force were destroyed.

The new government was installed at the end of September and already a civilian was killed in a suicide bomb attack in Kabul while the villagers have hurled accusations at NATO of killing seven civilians, including a nine-year-old child, in an air strike in eastern Paktia province. NATO has described the men killed as "eight armed enemy combatants".
Those were the first people reported killed in air strikes after the new government has taken over.