3 ‘spies’ and 5 cops killed in Afghanistan
* Death toll from US helicopter crash 18
KABUL: Suspected Taliban insurgents killed at least three Afghans they claimed were spies for the United States, officials and reports said Thursday.
Jan Mohammad Khan, governor of central Uruzgan province, confirmed that three people were killed in Charchino district on Wednesday. “They were innocent civilians,” he told AFP.
However the Taliban said it had killed a total of six people allegedly spying for the US-led coalition in Afghanistan, according to a report by the Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press.
Gunmen have killed five policemen in southern Afghanistan, residents and a foreign security source said on Thursday. The policemen were killed in a firefight on Wednesday on a main road in the Nawarak area of Zabul province, they said. The raiders, who were believed to be Taliban members, blocked the road for several hours before fleeing, residents said.
A US military helicopter crash in Afghanistan on Wednesday is likely to have killed 18 people, a US military spokeswoman said on Thursday. “We have 13 confirmed American servicemen dead and 3 civilians employed by the US military as contractors,” Lt Cindy Moore told Reuters. Two other servicemen’s names had been on the flight manifest and they remained unaccounted for.
The CH 47 Chinook helicopter came down during a dust storm in Ghazni province, 120 km southwest of the capital, Kabul, while on a routine mission. It was the deadliest military air accident since Washington first deployed troops to the country in 2001. agencies
KABUL: Suspected Taliban insurgents killed at least three Afghans they claimed were spies for the United States, officials and reports said Thursday.
Jan Mohammad Khan, governor of central Uruzgan province, confirmed that three people were killed in Charchino district on Wednesday. “They were innocent civilians,” he told AFP.
However the Taliban said it had killed a total of six people allegedly spying for the US-led coalition in Afghanistan, according to a report by the Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press.
Gunmen have killed five policemen in southern Afghanistan, residents and a foreign security source said on Thursday. The policemen were killed in a firefight on Wednesday on a main road in the Nawarak area of Zabul province, they said. The raiders, who were believed to be Taliban members, blocked the road for several hours before fleeing, residents said.
A US military helicopter crash in Afghanistan on Wednesday is likely to have killed 18 people, a US military spokeswoman said on Thursday. “We have 13 confirmed American servicemen dead and 3 civilians employed by the US military as contractors,” Lt Cindy Moore told Reuters. Two other servicemen’s names had been on the flight manifest and they remained unaccounted for.
The CH 47 Chinook helicopter came down during a dust storm in Ghazni province, 120 km southwest of the capital, Kabul, while on a routine mission. It was the deadliest military air accident since Washington first deployed troops to the country in 2001. agencies
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