“At least five Afghan police officers were poisoned and then shot to death in the southern province of Helmand late on Sunday, according to Afghan officials, who said the attack was the third of its kind in the province in less than two weeks. The assailant used his cousin, a police commander, to gain access to a checkpoint on the outskirts of Lashkar Gah, the capital of the volatile province, according to Ebadullah Khan, a member of the provincial council. The assailant poisoned the police officers and then allowed in Taliban forces, who killed all of the officers, he said.”
Source: Police Officers Are Killed at a Checkpoint in Afghanistan’s South – The New York Times