Afghan gunmen kill 9 guards protecting NATO convoy

Afghan police say that gunmen have killed nine Afghans working as private security guards protecting a NATO supply convoy in the south of the country.

Afghan police say that gunmen have killed nine Afghans working as private security guards protecting a NATO supply convoy in the south of the country.

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The deputy police chief for Helmand province, Kamaluddin Khan, said Monday that the attack in Gershk district happened on Sunday night.

In a separate incident, the police chief in neighboring Nimroz province says an airstrike by international coalition forces killed four suspected Taliban fighters who were planting a bomb. Abdul Jabar Pardeli says a Taliban commander was among those killed by Sunday night's strike.