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| Afghanistan |
| 14 Afghan policemen killed, Taliban claim |
| 2010-12-12 |
| [Iran Press TV] The Taliban claim they have killed 14 members of the Afghan national police at a police checkpoint in the northern part of the country. Taliban front man Zabihullah Mujahid told the Afghan Islamic Press that the hard boyz fatally shot 14 coppers on Saturday during an attack on a checkpoint in Baghlan province. A police officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed the incident but rejected the alleged corpse count. In another incident on the same day, nine coppers were kidnapped after their remote post was overrun by hard boyz in Balkh province. The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in December 1979 and Soviet troops withdrew from the country in February 1989, after a little less than nine years and two months of war. The United States and some of its allies invaded Afghanistan in October 2001. The US-led troops have now been fighting in Afghanistan longer than the Soviet occupation and war. 2010 has been the deadliest year of the nine-year war in Afghanistan, with casualties among civilians and foreign troops at record levels, mainly due to an increase in Taliban attacks. As casualties have risen in Afghanistan over the past few months, public opinion has begun turning against the war in the United States and other countries. In addition, hundreds of civilians have bit the dust in US-led operations in various parts of Afghanistan over the past few months, with Afghans becoming more and more outraged over the seemingly endless number of deadly assaults. |
| Posted by:Fred |