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US-led raid kills 8 Afghan policemen
US-led raid kills 8 Afghan policemen
PressTV - US-led raid kills 8 Afghan policemen
Mon Aug 1, 2011 7:44AM GMT
The site of a car bomb attack on police headquarters in Lashkar Gah, the capital of Afghanistan's southern Helmand Province, July 31, 2011.
At least eight Afghan police officers have been killed and eight others left injured in a US-led airstrike in Afghanistan's eastern province of Nuristan.
Nuristan representative Hafiz Abdolghayum confirmed the attack, saying the US-led foreign forces pounded the Vama district in Nuristan Province Sunday night, a Press TV correspondent reported on Monday.
Abdolghayum also said that the foreign forces targeted highway police headquarters in Vama, adding that several police officers were also detained by the NATO forces following the attack.
The NATO coalition forces have not commented on the incident yet.
Earlier, several Afghan policemen were killed and wounded in a similar incident in Afghanistan's Nuristan Province.
The US-led invasion of Afghanistan took place with the official objective of curbing militancy and bringing peace and stability to the country. More than nine years on, however, Afghanistan remains unstable and civilians continue to pay the price.
AO/HJL/HRF
PressTV - US-led raid kills 8 Afghan policemen
Mon Aug 1, 2011 7:44AM GMT
The site of a car bomb attack on police headquarters in Lashkar Gah, the capital of Afghanistan's southern Helmand Province, July 31, 2011.At least eight Afghan police officers have been killed and eight others left injured in a US-led airstrike in Afghanistan's eastern province of Nuristan.
Nuristan representative Hafiz Abdolghayum confirmed the attack, saying the US-led foreign forces pounded the Vama district in Nuristan Province Sunday night, a Press TV correspondent reported on Monday.
Abdolghayum also said that the foreign forces targeted highway police headquarters in Vama, adding that several police officers were also detained by the NATO forces following the attack.
The NATO coalition forces have not commented on the incident yet.
Earlier, several Afghan policemen were killed and wounded in a similar incident in Afghanistan's Nuristan Province.
The US-led invasion of Afghanistan took place with the official objective of curbing militancy and bringing peace and stability to the country. More than nine years on, however, Afghanistan remains unstable and civilians continue to pay the price.
AO/HJL/HRF
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