Insurgents killed nearly 300 Afghan police and soldiers in the span of a month, the Interior Ministry said Monday, as casualties continue to mount among local forces now that NATO-led coalition troops have handed over responsibility for combat operations. Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi told reporters at a regular news conference that 299 police officers and soldiers had been killed between May 10 to June 13, and another 618 were wounded. In the same time span, Sediqqi said 753 militants had been killed and more than 300 arrested; 180 civilians were also killed, AP reported.
