Taliban Infiltrator Kills 16 Afghan Government Militiamen

Taliban Infiltrator Kills 16 Afghan Government Militiamen
Afghan policemen keep watch near the site of an attack at the Marshal Fahim military academy in Kabul, Afghanistan Jan. 29, 2018. Reuters/Mohammad Ismail
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LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan—A Taliban infiltrator killed 16 members of a pro-government militia force in the insurgency-ridden southern province of Helmand when he turned his gun on men who he had worked with for months, officials said on Monday.

The Afghan security agency had set up the militia to infiltrate the Taliban, a security official told Reuters, though a spokesman for Helmand’s governor was unable to identify the group.