KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — An Afghan policeman turned his weapon on fellow officers as they were sleeping in their quarters near a checkpoint in the country’s south, killing 10, a provincial spokesman said Tuesday.
The Taliban quickly claimed responsibility for the killings, the latest in so-called “insider attacks” involving a fellow soldier or a policeman who either carrying out an attack or help insurgents stage an assault.
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