April 28, 2007	Saturday	Rabi-us-Sani 10, 1428

KABUL, April 27: Taliban conducted a raid in Afghanistan’s volatile south and took control of a district, killing five people, including the district chief and the head of the district police, the deputy governor said on Friday.

They launched the attack on Thursday evening on the Giro district of Ghazni province and during an hours-long clash killed the district chief and four policemen, including the district police chief, said provincial deputy governor Kazim Allayer.

Allayer said the Taliban burned several buildings in the district and cut communications lines. Deputy police chief Zaman said police reinforcements had been sent to the area.—AP