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March 26, 2009

Taliban Attack Police Post, Convoy in Southern Afghanistan
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9 policemen killed as militant violence increases to highest levels
since US-led coalition ousted Taliban government in 2001 
Separate attacks on a police post and on a police convoy in southern
Afghanistan have left nine policemen dead, with officials blaming the
Taliban for both incidents. An Afghan paramedic treat a wounded Afghan
police man at a hospital after he was wounded in an ambush in the
outskirts of Ghazni west of Kabul, Afghanistan, 26 Mar 2009Afghanistan's
Interior Ministry says the nine police officers died when Taliban
fighters stormed a police post in the Nahri Sarraj district of Helmand
province Thursday. Meanwhile, an official says Taliban militants were
behind an attack on a police convoy just outside the city of Ghazni. The
official says the convoy was taking a Taliban prisoner to the provincial
capital when a gun battle broke out. He says four Taliban fighters were
killed. Seven policemen and two civilians were also injured. Militant
violence in Afghanistan has increased to its highest levels since a
U.S.-led coalition ousted the Taliban government in 2001.In other news,
Afghan President Hamid Karzai says allegations of corruption made by the
international community are politically motivated. During a news
conference Thursday, Mr. Karzai gave details of his own financial
situation. He said he earns roughly $500 a month and has no private car,
land or house. He says he has about $10,000 in a German bank account,
and that his wife has jewelry worth the same amount.

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