Eight die in Afghanistan attacks as Taliban begin spring offensive

epa04202536 Afghan security officials take up positions at the scene of an attack by Taliban militants targeting the justice office in Jalalabad city, provincial capital for Nangarhar, Afghanistan, 12 May 2014. Multiple attacks in Afghanistan killed at least eight people on 12 May, police and officials said, as the Taliban began a previously announced spring offensive. In the worst incident, two police officers and five government employees were killed on 12 May when a group of Taliban fighters stormed a justice department in eastern Afghanistan, police said. The militants armed with light weapons, rocket-propelled grenades and suicide vests stormed the justice office in Jalalabad city, provincial capital for Nangarhar. EPA/GHULAMULLAH HABIBI