Afghanistan War News Updates -- March 1, 2013

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class James L. Henderson, second from left, checks on his soldiers as they assist Afghan border police at a traffic control point on a major highway in the Spin Boldak district of Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, Feb. 21, 2013. Henderson, a platoon sergeant, is assigned to Blackfoot Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Shane Hamann

Attacks Over 2 Days Kill at Least 30 Afghan Police Officers -- New York Times

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan officials announced Thursday that at least 10 policemen had died in two different attacks, bringing the number of killed officers to at least 30 in just the past two days.

In the latest attack, a series of improvised explosive devices in eastern Kunar Province killed eight members of the Afghan Border Police as they traveled through a village in the Dangam district on Thursday evening, according to the district governor, Hamisha Gulab Shinwari.

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