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    7 Salma Dam guards killed in blast

    HERAT CITY (PAN): Seven police guards were killed on Tuesday by a powerful roadside bombing that ripped through their vehicle in the Chasht-i-Sharif district of western Herat province, an official said.



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    Helmand police complete training course

    LASHKARGAH (PAN): Up to 157 policemen completed a training course in southern Helmand province while 400 candidates appeared in a recruitment exam.



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    400 appear in police recruitment test

    MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): Hundreds of high school graduates on Sunday thronged a sports ground in northern Balkh province to appear in a police recruitment exam, an official said.



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    Police among 8 killed in Helmand attacks

    LASHKARGAH (PAN): Six policemen and two insurgents have been killed in separate security incidents in southern Helmand province over the past 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday.



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    3 police killed in insider attack

    KABUL (PAN): A policeman shot dead his three colleagues in northern Faryab province while two policemen and as many insurgents were killed in southern Helmand, officials said on Monday.



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    ALP commander among 4 killed; 8 suspects held

    SHARAN/MAHMUD RAQI (PAN): A local police commander was killed along with three bodyguards in a roadside bombing in southeastern Paktika province, officials said on Wednesday.



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    1,800 policemen killed in a year

     KABUL (PAN): The Ministry of Interior on Monday said 1,800 policemen and 4,600 insurgents had been killed over the past year.

    Another 3,000 members of the force were wounded in 6,300 attacks since March 21, 2012 in different parts of the country.



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    30 Taliban killed, landmines defused: MoI

    KABUL (PAN): Up to 30 militants were killed in a string of security operations by Afghan forces in different parts of the country over the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said on Sunday.



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    ALP members shot dead in Kandahar

     KANDAHAR (PAN): Two members of Afghan National Police (ANP) were mysteriously shot dead by unidentified gunmen in this southern city, an official said on Wednesday.