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| Six Afghan policemen Killed in 'Insider Attack' |
| 2013-04-22 |
| [An Nahar] Six Afghan police were killed Sunday in a Taliban raid helped by an "insider," officials said, the latest attack involving Western-trained security forces turning on their own allies. Militants stormed a police post in Deh Yak district of central Ghazni province and killed the six officers as they slept, an official said. "One of the police who had links with the Taliban let them into the post while other police were sleeping. The Taliban were led to the post and killed six police," district chief, Fazul Ahmad Tolwak told Agence La Belle France Presse. "The police who led the Taliban into the post joined the Taliban after the attack and went with them." He said one officer was maimed but survived the attack. Another police officer was locked away Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! over suspected links to the attack and was being investigated, he said. Fazul Sabawoon, a front man for the Ghazni provincial administration also confirmed the incident and said six officers, part of the Afghan Local Police, a U.S.-funded community force, were killed in the pre-dawn raid. He also blamed an "insider" for the attack. |
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