Afghan police officer kills five colleagues

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An Afghan police officer, identified as Dur Mohammad, shot dead five of his colleagues earlier today - Monday 24th December - in the northern province of Jawzjan, an official said.

Dur Mohammad, the head of the police post, is thought to have joined the Taliban insurgents after the deadly shooting, provincial police chief Abdul Aziz Ghairat said.

"He shot dead five of his colleagues and fled and joined the Taliban," Ghairat said.

The gunman and victims were part of the Afghan Local Police (ALP), a US-backed community police force tasked with guarding Afghan villages against Taliban attacks.

The incident is the latest in a string of attacks by Afghan Police and Army personnel on their own men or foreign allies. Earlier in the day, a female Afghan police officer killed a foreign adviser in the capital Kabul. Click here for that report.

US Adviser killed by Afghan policewoman

Kabul: Deputy Police Chief Mohammad Daoud Amin has said in a statement to press that a female member of the Afghan Police shot and killed a US Adviser at Kabul Police HQ today, Monday 24th December.

Amin did not release any further information regarding the incident, stating that an investigation was in progress. NATO military command confirmed it was investigating reports of the shooting.

The victim has been named as 49-year-old Joseph Griffin.

Afghan policeman kills two NATO soldiers

KANDAHAR: An Afghan policeman shot dead two NATO soldiers, it was reported by ISAF on Friday 13th May.

The policeman opened fire as the soldiers, whose nationalities have not been released, prepared to eat lunch at a police base in the southern province of Helmand.

More information to follow.