{"id":1040,"date":"2010-12-05T11:17:34","date_gmt":"2010-12-05T11:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp3\/?p=1040"},"modified":"2010-12-05T11:17:34","modified_gmt":"2010-12-05T11:17:34","slug":"taliban-kill-five-afghan-policemen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2010\/12\/05\/1040\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Taliban kill five Afghan policemen&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; float: right;\" alt=\"afghan-policemen\" src=\"images\/stories\/news\/afghan-policemen.jpg\" width=\"237\" height=\"161\" \/>The Taliban claim that they have killed five members of Afghan national police during an attack on a police checkpoint. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told Afghan Islamic Press that their forces shot dead five policemen in the central Logar province on Saturday.<\/div>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The spokesperson added that there were no causalities to their forces during the assault.<br \/>A police officer, who did not want to be named, confirmed the incident, but rejected the alleged death toll.<br \/>Ill-equipped and under-trained Afghan police officers have largely fallen victim to the increasing frequent Taliban attacks in both urban and rural parts of the country.<br \/>Improvised Explosive Device (IEDs) are by far the most lethal weapon Taliban militants use against Afghan forces, US-led troops as well as civilians.<br \/>Taliban have concentrated their nine-year fight against the US-led forces in Afghanistan&#8217;s southern provinces of Helmand and Kandahar.<br \/>The United States and NATO have nearly 150,000 troops in Afghanistan, with 30,000 deployed in Helmand province.<br \/>Western public opinion has been growing increasingly tired of the war since October 2001 when Washington unleashed the US-led invasion of Afghanistan to overthrow Taliban militants.<br \/>Thousands of Afghan civilians were killed and many others sustained injuries in US-led operations in the war-ravaged country.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: Press TV<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Taliban claim that they have killed five members of Afghan national police during an attack on a police checkpoint. 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