U.N. Halts Road Travel for Workers After Attack
From Times Wire Reports
The United Nations suspended road travel for its workers in parts of southern Afghanistan after five policemen were wounded at a checkpoint and a group of 10 Afghan aid workers were tied up and beaten by unidentified attackers, a U.N. spokesman said Sunday.
The two attacks occurred last week in the Maywand district of Kandahar province, U.N. spokesman David Singh said in Kabul.
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