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Foreign troops kill ex-police chief of Afghan region
Foreign soldiers killed a former provincial police chief in southern Afghanistan during an overnight clash that also left two of his bodyguards dead, an official said on Thursday.
- AP
- Published: 00:18 September 19, 2008
Kandahar: Foreign soldiers killed a former provincial police chief in southern Afghanistan during an overnight clash that also left two of his bodyguards dead, an official said on Thursday.
Troops battled with Ruzi Khan Barakzai, the former police chief of Uruzgan province, near the provincial capital of Tirin Kot, said Uruzgan's deputy police chief Ghulab Khan Wardak.
Barakzai was called to a house of his friend, which was surrounded by foreign troops late Wednesday, Wardak said.
After he arrived with his guards at the house, a clash with foreign troops erupted in which Barakzai and two of his bodyguards were killed, Wardak said. Two other of Barakzai's bodyguards were wounded.
Nato's International Security Assistance Force said its troops were involved in an incident in Uruzgan on Wednesday night, but did not have more details.
Barakzai was a tribal leader and a militia commander in Uruzgan.
In other violence, Taliban militants killed two policemen and wounded three others after attacking their checkpoint in the eastern Paktika province Thursday morning, said provincial governor Akram Akhpelwak.
Roadside blasts
Meanwhile, in central Logar province five other police officers were wounded when a roadside bomb hit their vehicle Wednesday, said Mostapha Mohseni.
In the western Herat province's Shindand, another roadside blast wounded three more policemen, said Noor Khan Nekzad, a regional police spokesman.
Militants have killed more than 720 police in the last six months.
Afghanistan's 80,000 police have less training and less firepower than the Afghan army, making them an attractive target for militants.
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