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Afgahnistan: Policewoman shotdead by Taliban

| | Jan 05, 2017, at 03:40 pm
Kabul, Jan 5 (IBNS): A policewoman was shot dead by the Taliban in the Nawa district of Afghanistan's southern Helmand province, media reports said on Thursday.

The deceased has been identified as Bala Nasta.

Aware of the policewoman’s trip to her father-in-law’s house, the militants gunned her down in Zarh Sahib area, the deputy police chief was quoted as saying by Pajhwok Afghan News.

Col. Guli Khan told Pajhwok Afghan News the victim’s body was brought from the Taliban-controlled district to Lashkargah, the provincial capital, at 3pm.

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