Taliban kill 16 at Afghan police checkpoint
- Published: 27 Feb 2013 at 18.43
- Online news: World
The Taliban killed at least 16 people at an Afghan police checkpoint Wednesday and bombed an army bus in Kabul, highlighting a growing trend of strikes on Afghan rather than NATO targets.
Afghan police on patrol near their base in Nangarhar province, on December 18, 2012. The Taliban have killed at least 16 people at an Afghan police checkpoint and bombed an army bus in Kabul, highlighting a growing trend of strikes on Afghan rather than NATO targets.
Details of the pre-dawn attack on an Afghan Local Police (ALP) checkpoint in the eastern province of Ghazni were murky. Officials said they were investigating how the militants breached security at the post.
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