Peaceful Afghanistan north hit by Taliban
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July 12, 2010, Monday
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AT least 14 Afghan police and a provincial official have been killed in three separate insurgent attacks across northern Afghanistan, government and security officials said yesterday.
The north has largely escaped the bulk of fighting which pits a resurgent Taliban insurgency against nearly 150,000 NATO-led foreign troops, mostly in the south.
Nine police died when their remote checkpost was overrun by insurgents in the Emam Saheb district of Kunduz province on Saturday, district head Ayub Aqyar said.
"Dozens of Taliban overran their post," Aqyar said.
A homemade bomb also killed the head of Qaleh Zaal district police in Kunduz, along with his driver, provincial spokesman Mohboobullah Saidi said. Two others were also wounded in the attack.
In usually peaceful Badakhshan province, five police died when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Kishim district, provincial police chief Aqa Noor Kintoz said.
Under-trained, poorly paid and ill-equipped Afghan police have borne the brunt of increasingly frequent Taliban attacks in urban and rural parts of the country.
Newly appointed Afghan Interior Minister General Bismillah Khan last week announced plans to step up police training as local security forces prepare to take security responsibility from United States and NATO troops within four years.
Kunduz, untouched by insurgents a couple of years ago, is now experiencing attacks on an almost daily basis as insurgents push back against mostly German soldiers and the Taliban tries to prove its reach extends country-wide.
The north has largely escaped the bulk of fighting which pits a resurgent Taliban insurgency against nearly 150,000 NATO-led foreign troops, mostly in the south.
Nine police died when their remote checkpost was overrun by insurgents in the Emam Saheb district of Kunduz province on Saturday, district head Ayub Aqyar said.
"Dozens of Taliban overran their post," Aqyar said.
A homemade bomb also killed the head of Qaleh Zaal district police in Kunduz, along with his driver, provincial spokesman Mohboobullah Saidi said. Two others were also wounded in the attack.
In usually peaceful Badakhshan province, five police died when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Kishim district, provincial police chief Aqa Noor Kintoz said.
Under-trained, poorly paid and ill-equipped Afghan police have borne the brunt of increasingly frequent Taliban attacks in urban and rural parts of the country.
Newly appointed Afghan Interior Minister General Bismillah Khan last week announced plans to step up police training as local security forces prepare to take security responsibility from United States and NATO troops within four years.
Kunduz, untouched by insurgents a couple of years ago, is now experiencing attacks on an almost daily basis as insurgents push back against mostly German soldiers and the Taliban tries to prove its reach extends country-wide.
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