Taliban launch raids in Afghan east, two dead
Taliban insurgents raided two police posts and a district government office in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday killing two policemen and wounding six, police said. In a separate incident, two government employees were found beheaded in the southern province of Helmand, where British forces are overseeing security, a police official said. Nearly five years after they were forced from power, the Taliban have stepped up their insurgency. The level of violence in parts of the country is the worst it has been since the end of Taliban rule. Full Story