Taliban fighters have poisoned and killed 17 people, including 11 policemen and six civilians, in an overnight attack on a post manned by a government-backed local police in eastern Afghanistan. Details of Wednesday's pre-dawn attack on an Afghan Local Police (ALP) checkpoint were still not clear, as officials were investigating how the fighters breached security at the post in Ghazni province. Ghazni deputy provincial council head Abdul Jamhe Jamhe said the fighters somehow infiltrated the post and poisoned those inside the compound before launching the assault. "Initial information shows they were first poisoned and then shot, but we have to wait for the final report of our...
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