Saturday, February 11, 2012

Roadside bomb kills 5 Afghan police, wounds another

Map of Afghanistan with Oruzgan highlighted
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TRINKOT, Afghanistan, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Five policemen were killed and another sustained injuries as a roadside bomb struck a police van in Uruzgan province, 370 km south of Kabul on Friday evening, a police official confirmed Saturday.

"A mine planted by anti-government militants struck a police vehicle outside provincial capital Trinkot yesterday evening, leaving five policemen dead on the spot," deputy to the provincial police chief Gulab khan told Xinhua.

Another police was injured in the incident, he said.

He also blamed the enemies of peace, a term used by Afghan officials against Taliban militants for organizing the attack; but the outfit has yet to make comment. 
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