Saturday, January 21, 2012

5 policemen killed in W. Afghanistan

Map of Afghanistan with Herat highlighted
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KABUL, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Five Afghan policemen were killed Friday following a clash in the country's western province of Herat, a provincial police source said on Saturday.

"An unspecified number of armed insurgents laid an ambush against a unit of Afghan border police force in bordering district of Gulran late Friday triggering a clash that left five border policemen dead," a police official with the fast-reaction unit of border police in the province, Mohammad Saliman told Xinhua via phone.

He said a police vehicle was also damaged in the incident in the province 640 km west of capital Kabul.

No group claimed responsibility for the attack. Taliban insurgents have in the past been blamed for attacking the Afghan and NATO-led forces.
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