More than 40 police officers were poisoned in a police academy in southern Afghanistan Monday, an official said. "The officers felt headaches and began vomiting after having breakfast in Lashkargah police academy in Helmand province," said the provincial government spokesman Dawood Ahmadi. He said they were taken to a military hospital where one of the officers was in critical condition, while the others were recovering. Ahmadi said an investigation was underway to determine the cause, according to a report of DPA. In the western region, an Italian soldier was killed Monday and two others were injured in an explosion at a police training camp, ANSA news agency reported. The blast occurred at a shooting range near the town of Adraskan, it said. The troops were training Afghan police.
