Afghan District Police Chief Shot Dead

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By NOOR KHAN, Associated Press Writer
18 minutes ago



KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A police chief was killed Thursday by his own guard in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, while coalition forces announced the killing of six Taliban members in a separate incident.

The violence underscored the continuing instability throughout many parts of Afghanistan more than four years following the toppling of the Taliban government by a U.S.-led coalition.

Abdul Manan, police chief in Musa Qala, a town in a mountainous district of the southern Helmand province, was shot dead early Thursday by his own guard, who was killed immediately after by other guards, said local government official Mohammed Wali Alikhail.

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[Tesha]

1. Just another sign that democracy is breaking out everywhere. (NT)