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 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Militants killed 17 Afghan police officers across Afghanistan, while four suspected Taliban fighters died in a clash with NATO and Afghan troops, officials said Wednesday.
Six police officers were killed when their convoy was ambushed along the Kabul-Kandahar highway, a ribbon of road that connects Afghanistan's two major cities. Long stretches of Highway 1 run through areas controlled by Taliban militants.
Taliban fighters also ambushed police in Logar province, killing six officers and stealing two police trucks, said Gen. Mustafa Khan, the provincial police chief. Most of the attackers fled when NATO and Afghan reinforcements arrived, but eight militants were captured, Khan said.
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