Kabul , Afghanistan ( CNN ) -- The Taliban have launched their spring offensive , their annual spate of attacks targeting foreign bases , government officials and Afghan police , a Taliban spokesman said Sunday . On Sunday morning , a roadside bomb killed three police officers in Afghanistan 's Ghazni province , provincial spokesman Nabi Jan said . A Ghanzi deputy police chief was among those killed , and two other officers were injured , Jan said . The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack -- and said more will come . `` Today was our first day of the new operation , and we conducted many operations in several provinces such as Ghazni province , Kapisa province and Nangarhar province , '' Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid told CNN . He said the new spring offensive will target foreign military bases and foreign convoys as well as attacks on Afghan National Police and the Kabul government . The group will use suicide attacks and rockets , Mujahid said . `` We hope to plan and conduct more attacks on foreign troops so as to force them to leave Afghanistan , '' the Taliban spokesman added . The Taliban regime in Afghanistan was sheltering the al Qaeda terror network when it launched attacks against the United States on September 11 , 2001 . The next month , the United States cranked up military operations that led to the toppling of the Taliban government . Ever since , international forces have been fighting radical Islamic militants in Afghanistan and Pakistan .
Three officers , including a deputy police chief , are killed in a roadside bomb . The Taliban claims responsibility for the attack and says it 's planning a new offensive . The group vows to target foreign troops as well as local government and businesses .