Ten Policemen Killed In Worsening Afghan Violence

[Dover]

Ten Policemen Killed in Worsening Afghan Violence
By REUTERS


Filed at 6:30 a.m. ET

KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban guerrillas have killed 10 policemen, including a provincial police chief, taking the death toll to more than 90 in one of Afghanistan's bloodiest weeks since U.S.-led forces overthrew their strict Islamic regime in 2001.

Abdul Khaliq, police chief of Logar province, and several other senior police officers from the province south of Kabul were among those killed in an ambush on Monday, Logar's military commander Fazlullah Mojadidi told Reuters.

He said the police chief had been returning from a funeral for two family members of a police officer who were killed in a rocket attack blamed on the Taliban.

``They were in their cars when the incident happened,'' Mojadidi said. ``There is no doubt that the Taliban were behind it.''

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[alaine]

1. surprise. surprise.

But will it make the news? Our own soldiers deaths are not even getting coverage.