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11 Afghan police kidnapped by terrorists freed
 [Pak Daily Times] Afghan cops and international troops freed 11 Afghan coppers kidnapped by hard boyz nearly two weeks ago, the Defence Ministry said on Saturday.Terrorists kidnapped the Afghan coppers on December 5 during an ambush in Wardooj district of Badakhshan province. Two coppers were killed and four others maimed during the kidnapping, said Sayed Hussain Safawi, deputy provincial police chief. Afghan border police and international troops rescued the coppers on Friday after local elders' attempts to mediate their release failed. About two dozen suspected hard boyz were incarcerated during the rescue. Separately, in the east, the US-led coalition and local Afghan officials have released differing accounts of a raid on a home around 1am on Saturday in Ahmadaba district of Paktia province. The governor of Paktia province condemned what he said was a raid on the home of the Afghan government's counter-narcotics chief in the province, the governor's front man, Rohullah Samon, said. He said local authorities, who believe the counter-narcotics chief has not committed any crime, have contacted the coalition about getting him released. After international troops exchanged gunfire with guards at the house, they jugged the counter-narcotics chief and two of his sons, he said. An Afghan woman and another member of the counter-narcotics chief's family were killed and three other women were maimed, Samon said. The coalition said the three men jugged included a leader with the Haqqani terrorist network, which is affiliated with al Qaeda and the Taliban. Two AK-47 assault rifles, a bolt-action rifle, ammunition and a grenade were confiscated from the compound. A joint Afghan-NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis.... force returned gunfire coming from the house, the coalition said. After the shooting stopped, they called for those inside to come out. Two Afghan women inside were maimed and evacuated to a medical facility and one later died of a gunshot wound, the coalition said. Posted by: Fred 2011-12-18 |
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