TALIBAN INSURGENTS ATTACKED A POLICE POST ON FRIDAY KILLING SIX POLICEMEN AS GUNMEN OPENED FIRE ON A PATROL IN A SEPARATE INCIDENT, KILLING A U.S. SOLDIER, OFFICIALS SAID, ACCORDING TO REUTERS. A SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL IN THE SOUTHERN PROVINCE OF KANDAHAR SAID THE SIX POLICE WERE KILLED IN AN ATTACK ON THEIR POST IN THE MAIWAND DISTRICT IN THE EARLY HOURS OF FRIDAY. THE U.S. MILITARY SAID A PATROL CAME UNDER SMALL-ARMS FIRE IN THE CENTRAL PROVINCE OF URUZGAN WHILE INVESTIGATING A WEAPONS CACHE. ONE U.S. SOLDIER WAS KILLED AND AN AFGHAN ARMY MAN WAS WOUNDED, IT SAID.
