29 people killed in violence in Afghanistan's Farah province

29 people killed in violence in Afghanistan's Farah province

Farah is a strategically important province bordering the Helmand province to the east and Iran to the west. The Afghan Local Police is a local militia established with the backing of US General David Petraeus but with strong opposition from former Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
Separately, the provincial spy chief Asadullah Zalal was assassinated on his way home a day earlier.
The Taliban claimed to have inflicted heavy loss on the Afghan militia, which has lately proven relatively more effective against the rebels than the regular Afghan National Police. There are conflicting reports emerging about the death toll from this remote district.