By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
A roadside blast hit a police patrol in eastern Afghanistan Thursday, killing five officers and wounding another, an official said.
The attack happened in Yaqoubi district, in Khost province, said Wazir Pacha, a spokesman for the provincial police chief.
The victims were part of a joint US-Afghan patrol, Pacha said. No US-led coalition troops were injured in the morning blast.
Police sent additional troops to the area to conduct a search operation, he said.
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