Remnants of Afghanistan's ousted Taleban government have killed six Afghan troops in a restive southern province of the country, a local official said on Thursday. The soldiers were seized from a military vehicle on Wednesday in Washare district of Helmand province, Haji Mohammad Wali, a provincial spokesman said. "Then the Taleban killed the six soldiers and dumped their bodies near an underground water canal," Wali told reporters. | Are the Afghan troops allowed to shoot back? Just asking. |
Suspected Taleban attacks have subsided since Afghanistan's first-ever presidential elections in October. Wednesday's attack had the highest death toll for months. Helmand lies near the border with Iran and Pakistan and is one of the leading narcotics-producing regions of Afghanistan. |