Six dead as Taliban attack Afghan police centre

Last Updated: Thursday, April 7, 2011, 19:36

Six Afghan security personnel were killed as Taliban gunmen detonated a bomb hidden in an ambulance at a police centre near the key southern city of Kandahar.

Taliban overrun remote district: Afghan police

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 29, 2011, 20:58

Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said the district was captured along with 12 police officers and their weaponry.

Taliban overrun remote district: Afghan police

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 29, 2011, 20:58

Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said the district was captured along with 12 police officers and their weaponry.

Taliban claim to have kidnapped 50 Afghan police

Last Updated: Sunday, March 27, 2011, 16:04

The policemen had just finished training to join the Afghan National Police.

Reputation of Afghan police worsening in south: UN

Last Updated: Thursday, February 3, 2011, 14:48

The UN survey says the countrywide reputation of the police is good.

Three Afghan police killed by Taliban car bomb

Last Updated: Monday, January 10, 2011, 16:38

The attack highlights the tense security situation in parts of Kandahar.

Blast wounds 6 near police HQ in Kandahar

Last Updated: Saturday, December 11, 2010, 16:01

The explosion blew out the windows of buildings up to a mile away, injuring 6.

Afghan insurgents step up attacks on police

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 3, 2010, 20:13

Taliban militants carried out two attacks against Afghan security forces on Wednesday.

Afghan police unit in Khogenyani defected to Taliban

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 2, 2010, 12:52

An entire contingent of police on duty in an Afghan town appeared to have switched sides to the Taliban, surrendering a police station after cutting a deal with the militants, and leaving the Afghan and US forces stumped.

Afghan police seize `explosives from Iran`

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 6, 2010, 21:31

Afghan police said they had seized nearly 20 tonnes of explosives stashed in boxes marked "food, toys and kitchenware" that were imported from neighbouring Iran.