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Herat: IED Blast Kills 5 Afghan Police
[TOLOnews] - At least five Afghan coppers were killed when a roadside mine went kaboom!in western Herat ...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns... province on Tuesday evening, local officials said Wednesday. The incident happened in Posht-Rod district of Herat province yesterday, when their vehicle struck a roadside mine, a front man for police in western Afghanistan Abdul Raouf Ahmadi told TOLOnews. No group, including the Taliban, has grabbed credit for the blast. Ahmadi said that the mine was planted by gun-hung tough guys to target Afghan cops. Posht-Rod district has been considered insecure in the province because gun-hung tough guys have frequently targeted Afghan police with violence. Posted by: trailing wife 2012-05-10 |
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