7 Insurgents, Included 2 Policemen, Captured in Herat

Seven insurgents were captured on Sunday by Afghanistan's intelligence agency, the National Directorate of Security, the provincial spokesman for Herat said.

Two of the insurgents were police officers, spokesman Mahiuddin Noori said.

The insurgents had been providing intelligence to the Taliban. They were captured from Shindand and Adraskan districts and Herat city, Mr Noori added.

Local reports suggest one of the policemen had been working at Herat airport and the other was working at Pashtun Zarghon's district police headquarters.

One of the arrested policemen is a resident of Maidan Wardak province, the other is from Herat.

Concern is mounting in Afghanistan about the extent to which the Taliban has been able to infiltrate the Afghan security forces.

 from TOLONEWS

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