Afghan Policemen

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  2 Afghanistan Policemen Killed As 3 Separate Blasts Hit Kabul

  Kabul Blasts: Two Afghan policemen were killed as three separate "sticky bombs" exploded in Kabul on Saturday, the latest violence to hit the Afghan capital.

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  Two Dead, Several Injured In Afghanistan Police Base Attack

  A car bomb attack on an Afghan police base followed by an ongoing gun battle have killed two policemen and wounded dozens of people in a city bordering Pakistan, officials said Tuesday.

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  Taliban Attacks Afghanistan Checkpoint, 9 Cops Killed

  Nine Afghan policemen were killed and six wounded in the eastern city of Ghazni after Taliban fighters stormed their checkpoints. The assault began early Friday when the Taliban attacked two adjacent checkpoints. They then ambushed a group of police rushing to the scene, killing the local police head, Ghazni police spokesman Ahmad Khan Seerat said.

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  Cops Among 6 Killed In Suicide Attack Near Police Checkpoint In Kabul

  A suicide bomber blew himself up in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Monday, killing at least six people near a police checkpoint, including policemen, officials said, but no militant group has yet claimed responsibility. Six people were killed in the explosion, said Najib Danish, a spokesman for the interior ministry. Ten policemen and civilians, in...

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  Taliban Kill At Least Six Afghan Police In Humvee Suicide Attack

  A suicide bomber drove an explosives-packed Humvee into a police headquarters in Afghanistan on Friday killing at least six officers and wounding four others, officials said.

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  Taliban Attack Kills Five Afghan Police, Injures 15

  At least five Afghan policemen were killed and 15 people injured in a suicide bomb and gun attack by Taliban insurgents on the police headquarters in an eastern city Sunday, authorities said.The assault on the headquarters in Gardez, which was still continuing, was launched at 6:00 am, said the regional police commander, Asadullah Shirzad.

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  At Least 20 Afghan Policemen Killed In Taliban Ambushes, Say Officials

  At least 20 Afghan policemen were killed in Taliban ambushes in south central Afghanistan. The Taliban had ambushed policemen in the areas of Chino and Ghulam Rabat in Afghanistan.

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  Insider Attack Kills 6 Policemen In Afghanistan

  An Afghan police official says six police have been shot and killed by colleagues who turned their guns on them at a checkpoint in the volatile southern Uruzgan province.

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  Afghan Policeman Opens Fire On Colleagues, Kills 4

  Four Afghan policemen were killed and another seven wounded when one of their colleagues opened fire on them in the volatile southern province of Kandahar, an official said today.

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  Taliban Suicide Bomber Kills 20 Police Outside Kabul Base

  Twenty policemen were killed on Monday when a Taliban suicide bomber struck their base in Kabul on Monday, officials said, just days before a fresh round of international talks aimed at reviving dialogue with the Islamist group.

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  2 Spanish Security Personnel, 4 Afghan Policemen Killed In Kabul Attack

  Afghan security forces suppressed a suicide attack on a guest house attached to the Spanish embassy in Kabul, killing three Taliban fighters after hours of intermittent gunfire and explosions that lasted into the early hours of today.

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  Second Spanish Policeman Dies After Taliban Attack In Kabul: Official

  A second Spanish policeman has died following a Taliban attack near Spain's embassy in Kabul that also killed at least 4 Afghan policemen, Madrid's interior ministry said today.

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  4 Afghan Police, 1 Spaniard Killed In Kabul Siege

  At least four Afghan policemen and one Spaniard were killed in an hours-long Taliban siege near the Spanish embassy in Kabul that ended early today after all the attackers were killed, officials said.

• At Least 7 Afghan Policemen Killed in Ambush: Officials

  At least seven policemen were killed today in an ambush in northern Afghanistan, provincial officials said, highlighting the challenges facing local forces battling the Taliban without NATO combat help.

• Suicide Attackers Kill 11 Afghan Police at Provincial Headquarters

  Four suicide attackers today stormed a provincial police headquarters in eastern Afghanistan, killing 11 policemen, an official said, while Taliban insurgents immediately claimed responsibility.