KANDAHAR (Pajhwok): Kandahar police chief Brig. Gen. Abdul Raziq on Thursday claimed those killed in an American forces airstrike in central Uruzgan province were not policemen, but illegal armed individuals.
The airstrike targeted a police post near the capital of Uruzgan, Tirinkot, three days ago, killing eight police, according to the Uruzgan highway commander, Haji Rahimullah.
The incident took place in Sagai area on the Kandahar-Uruzgan highway. A day earlier, members of the lower house of parliament demanded the government to get blood money for families of the victims.
Gen. Raziq, who . . .
