18 May 2016

News Story: Afghan district police chief killed in Taliban ambush attack

SHARAN, Afghanistan, May 17 (Xinhua) -- An Afghan district police chief had been killed along with five police personnel following a Taliban ambush attack in the country's eastern province of Paktika, a local police official said on Tuesday.

"The police Chief of Khoshamand district, Kahko Shinwari, and five Afghan National Police members died following an armed attack which took place along a main road in the district late on Monday," deputy provincial police Chief Abdul Rauf told Xinhua.

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