6 Afghan police killed, 8 wounded in two Taliban attacks
Taliban militants have killed six Afghan police officers and wounded eight others in two separate assaults in southern Afghanistan, officials say.
At least two police officers were killed and five others injured when a car bomber hit a convoy in the southern province of Helmand, said the provincial governor spokesman, Omar Zwak, on Tuesday.
“The incident occurred in Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital (of Helmand Province), when the police forces were going to their checkpoints outside of the city,” said Zwak.
Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Meanwhile, four other policemen were killed and three others wounded in a separate attack in Charcheno district on Monday, said Gulab Khan, the head of Criminal Investigation Office in the south-central province of Uruzgan.
The attack was purportedly carried out by Taliban militants. However, there has been no claim of responsibility for that assault.
According to Afghan officials, no civilian was harmed in the Monday attack.
Afghanistan continues to grapple with insecurity weeks after the US-led combat mission ended on December 31, 2014. At least 13,500 foreign forces, mainly from the United States, have remained in the country in what Washington is calling a support mission.
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