Six policemen killed by militants in western Afghanistan

Militants shot dead a local police chief and five other officers in an ambush on a desert road in western Afghanistan today.

Nassar Ahmad, who had been transferred from Farah province’s Gulistan district to the nearby Khaki Safed area, was travelling in a convoy to take up his new post when insurgents attacked at about 7am (3.30am Irish time), said Gen. Sayed Aqa Sakid, the provincial police chief.