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| Seven Afghan Policemen Slain in Raid |
| 2005-07-15 |
| KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Suspected Taliban fighters raided a police post Friday in southern Afghanistan, killing seven policemen and losing five of their own men, an official said. The militants riding in five pickup trucks opened fire at the policemen when many of them were eating lunch at the post in Shoravak, a district in southern Kandahar province near the Pakistani border, chief district administrator Haji Abdul Majeed said. In the ensuing about hour-long battle, five other policemen were wounded, Majeed said. The attackers left behind five bodies before retreating toward the Pakistani border, he said. ``The bodies of the Taliban are with us and we have seized their five AK-47 rifles, a few grenades and two rockets,'' he said from Shoravak. None of the dead was reported to be a senior figure in the militia, which a U.S. military campaign ousted from power in late 2001 for harboring al-Qaida. |
| Posted by:Steve |