Taliban Kill 20 Afghan Police

From The New York Times:

KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban militants attacked police officers assigned to protect a senior district official in the southern province of Helmand on Wednesday, killing 20 of them in one of the bloodiest attacks on the security forces in months, local officials reported on Thursday.

The Taliban, ousted as Afghanistan’s rulers by the American-led invasion in late 2001 but now resurgent in its efforts to expel foreign troops, took responsibility for the attack and claimed the death toll was 32. Two of the attackers also died.

Dawood Ahmadi, a spokesman for the Helmand authorities, said the attack took place in the Musa Qala district of Helmand when Taliban militants attacked guards at security posts around the home of Mullah Salam, the district governor. The governor was not home when the attack took place and was unhurt, local officials said.

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