Four Afghan policemen killed in attack
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Afghan security personnel gather at the scene of a bomb attack near the gate of the Ministry of Defense in the capital, Kabul, February 27, 2016. (Photo by AFP)
Security officials in Afghanistan say at least four police officers have lost their lives in an attack by a man clad in an Afghan police uniform at a remote highway checkpoint in the country’s beleaguered central province of Uruzgan.
According to Press TV, Mohammad Akbar Shinwari, the Acting Head of Uruzgan’s Police Department, said the incident took place on the main highway connecting Uruzgan to the neighboring province of Kandahar on Tuesday.
“Some policemen who had links with the Taliban allowed them (the Taliban) into the checkpoint,” he said.
Ten policemen, who were manning the checkpoint, have also gone missing.
Taliban Spokesman Qari Yusuf Ahmadi claimed responsibility for the act of violence, saying that four policemen were killed after a Taliban member opened fire on security personnel at the police outpost.
Taliban militants captured the checkpoint and seized several weapons, including six AK-47 assault rifles, along with a rocket propelled grenade.
On February 10, an Afghan police officer suspected of collaborating with the Taliban militant group drugged and shot dead at least five officers in the country’s Southern Province of Kandahar. Brigadier General Rahmatullah Atrafi, the Provincial Deputy Police Chief, said seven policemen were also wounded in the attack.
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