| KANDAHAR, SPA -- Twelve suspected Taliban fighters have been captured by Afghan security forces scouring mountains and searching homes for attackers who killed five officers in a raid on a police headquarters in Kandahar. The operation was launched Tuesday in Ghorak district, the day after the raid, said Gen. Mohammed Salim Khan, deputy chief of police in Kandahar. "Maybe these people provided help in the attack or took part in it," Khan said. "I cannot give details. An investigation is going on." Small arms, mainly AK-47 rifles, have been seized, he added. |