Taliban militants killed six Afghan police officers earlier today, officials said, the latest in a series of attacks on local security forces highlighting the challenges they face as NATO combat troops depart.
The attack on a police post in Logar province south of Kabul came a day after militants ambushed a convoy in the north and killed 22 policemen.
Foreign combat troops are pulling out of Afghanistan by the end of the year, leaving local soldiers and police to battle the persistent Taliban insurgency on their own.
“A group of Taliban attacked a local police post in Baraki Barak district early in the morning and killed six police,” district chief Mohammad Rahim Amin told the media.
“They fought till the last bullet, but they were finally overpowered by Taliban.”
Din Mohammad Darwish, the provincial governor´s spokesman, confirmed the attack and said the incident was under investigation.
