5 Afghan police killed in insider attack in Kunduz: official
Xinhua, February 16, 2016 Adjust font size:
About five Afghan Local Police (ALP) personnel were killed and three others wounded in a suspected insider attack in northern Afghan province of Kunduz on Tuesday, an official said.
The attack took place after an ALP member turned his gun against his comrades in a security checkpoint in Chahar Sarri locality in Khan Abad district, outskirts of provincial capital Kunduz city in the wee hours of the day, district governor Hayatullah Amiri told Xinhua.
The shooter fled the scene and an investigation was launched into the incident, the official noted.
The government established the ALP, or community police, in 2010 to protect villages and districts where army and police have limited presence.
Taliban militants claimed responsibility for the incident.
Such attacks also happened in the past as five police officers were killed and six others sustained injuries in a similar attack in southern Kandahar province earlier this month.
In another development, security forces detained six militants, including two local commanders of the notorious Haqqani group, in eastern Khost province, according to provincial governor Hakam Khan Habibi.
The security forces also found and seized weapons and ammunition after capturing the militants, governor Habibi told reporters earlier on Tuesday. Enditem