[Dawn] Suspected Taliban militants stormed a police post and killed up to eight policemen in southern Afghanistan, a senior officer said Monday in the latest attack on the poorly-armed force.| How would American police respond to such an attack? |
'Taliban attacked the post from several directions. The fighting lasted for several hours. Eight of our policemen were killed,' he said. 'Three other police were wounded and managed to escape to safety.'
| May the wounded heal speedily and well, and the dead find Paradise all they'd hoped... and may this be another small step toward peace and prosperity rather than just another violent incident in an endless chain of violence. |
'We're investigating it,' Zazai told AFP.
Police suffer heavily from an increasingly deadly insurgency being waged by Taliban militants who were in power between 1996 and 2001 before being ousted in a US-led offensive.
A lack of training and light weaponry, have made the Afghan police an easier target than the army, which is better trained and equipped.
The more than 100,000 Nato and US-led troops based in Afghanistan have put the training of local security forces at the heart of efforts to hand over responsibility for fighting the Taliban insurgency.