Infiltrator killed 3 policemen in Logar


(MENAFN- Pajhwok Afghan News) PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): A policeman has killed three of his colleagues and wounded a fourth one in Pul-I-Alam, capital of central Logar province, an official said Wednesday.

Shapoor Ahmadzai, Logar police spokesman told Pajhwok Afghan News that a policeman three other policemen in a security post in Matani area of the city on Tuesday night.

€œThe assaulter had contact with the Taliban in the past, he also took some weapons and ammunition from the security post after the attack,€ he said.

A manhunt is underway for the detention of the attacker, he said.

However, a provincial council member of Logar, who wished to go unnamed, said that three policemen were killed and a number others were captured alive by Taliban insurgents.

Taliban did not comment on the incident so far.

Two weeks back, a governor€™s bodyguard in Logar killed two of his colleagues and took away a Humvee vehicle and some weapons and then joined the Taliban.

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