KABUL, Sept 8: Six Afghan policemen and two suspected Taliban insurgents were killed early Thursday after militants attacked a police post in the latest violence ahead of key elections next week, officials said.
A gunbattle erupted after suspected Taliban attacked the post in Muqur, a district of Ghazni province in southern Afghanistan, Interior Ministry spokesman Lutfullah Mashal told AFP. One suspected militant was arrested alive, he added.—AFP
