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Three policemen killed in southern Afghanistan
 As the 249-newly elected Afghan parliamentarians flexing muscles to settle old scores in their new parliament, suspected Taliban gunned down three policemen in fresh spate of violence in southern Afghanistan on Sunday. The policemen traveling in a vehicle in the southern Helmand province were kidnapped by the guerillas. They were later shot dead and their bullet-riddled bodies were thrown by the roadside in the Garishak district of the insurgency-plague province. Provincial governor spokesman Mohammad Wali confirmed the incident, saying the policemen were on their routine patrol in the area. He added the vehicle they were traveling in, was also set on fire by militants. Claiming responsibility for the attack, Taliban's purported spokesman Qari Yousaf Ahmadi said the three policemen were killed and their vehicle snatched during an ambush in Garishak. The spokesman also claimed killing five US soldiers in an ambush in Zabul province, but the US military rejected as baseless their claim, saying there was no such incident in the past few days. Posted by: Fred 2005-11-14 |
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