Six police killed in militant ambush
Militants used machine guns to ambush a police patrol in western Afghanistan, killing six policemen and wounding three others, an official said today, as a think tank warned more foreign troops are needed to secure the country.
The police car was sprayed with bullets in Adraskan district of Herat province last night, said Nasar Ahmad Paykar, the provincial deputy police chief.
Adraskan’s district police chief was among those killed, he said.
Three police were wounded.
Paykar blamed Taliban militants for the ambush that happened near Shindand district.
A new report on Afghanistan said that insurgent attacks were creeping toward Kabul and that while the government isn’t immediately threatened, urgent action is needed.
The report from the International Crisis Group said that more international forces were needed in Afghanistan’s battle zones, but that military power alone isn’t going to solve the country’s problems.
Diplomatic pressure is needed on neighbouring Pakistan – from where Taliban rebels are believed to plan and mount attacks – the report said.
President Hamid Karzai must also attack corruption in his government, it said.
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