KANDAHAR : Suspected Taliban militants stormed a police post and killed up to eight policemen in southern Afghanistan, a senior officer said on Monday in the latest attack on the poorly-armed force.
Three other policemen were wounded in the attack in the Arghandab district of Kandahar province late Sunday, the police official told AFP on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to the media.
"Taliban attacked the post from several directions. The fighting lasted for several hours. Eight of our policemen were killed," he said. "Three other police were wounded and managed to escape to safety."
Sardar Mohammad Zazai, provincial police chief for Kandahar, confirmed an incident had occurred but refused to give a figure for the casualties. "We're investigating it," Zazai told AFP.
Police suffer heavily from an increasingly deadly insurgency being waged by Taliban militants who were in power between 1996 and 2001 before being ousted in a US-led offensive.
A lack of training and light weaponry, have made the Afghan police an easier target than the army, which is better trained and equipped.
The more than 100,000 Nato and US-led troops based in Afghanistan have put the training of local security forces at the heart of efforts to hand over responsibility for fighting the Taliban insurgency.
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