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Former Afghan Policeman Arrested for Killing Nato Troops
 [Tolo News] The Afghan policeman accused of killing two UK troops in southern Afghanistan in May was tossed in the calabooseYez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! Thursday in a joint Afghan and NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the cut of the American pants... operation, Isaf said Sunday. "Afghan and coalition forces confirmed the Aug. 30 arrest of a Taliban bad boy during an operation in Hisarak district of Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. province," Isaf said in a statement. The former policeman was captured in eastern Nangarhar province trying to join the Afghan National Army, Isaf said. "The bad boy is accused of using his status as a member of the Afghan National Police to conduct a May attack which killed two coalition service members in Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... province," it said. The shooting happened during a meeting with local officials near Patrol Base Attal. The two soldiers killed were part of a team providing security at the meeting, according to a BBC report in May. In other operations in Afghanistan, Isaf said joint forces set out to capture a Taliban leader but were faced with heavy enemy fire in the Baraki Barak district of Pashtun-infested Logar province on Sunday. The security forces killed "multiple bad boys" after being "engaged with machine gun and mortar fire. The security force returned fire, killing the bad boys," it said. "The Taliban leader [who was not captured] is believed to direct and conduct direct-fire and improvised bomb attacks against Afghan and coalition forces in Pashtun-infested Logar province." Multiple beturbanned goons were also killed in the Pul-e-Alam district of Pashtun-infested Logar on Sunday after coalition forces called in an "The security force observed several combatants armed with heavy machines guns and rocket propelled grenades. After ensuring there were no civilians nearby, the security force engaged with an Isaf did not say whether there were any casualties among the security forces in any of these operations. Posted by: Fred 2012-09-03 |
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