Afghan insurgents behead 6 policemen
Last Updated: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 | 9:48 AM ET
The Associated Press
Insurgents beheaded six policemen after attacking their checkpoint in northern Afghanistan, NATO said Wednesday.
The military coalition said the militants attacked a number of government buildings Tuesday in Baghlan province's Dahanah-ye Ghori district. The attackers overran the checkpoint and decapitated the six policemen, NATO said.
Also Wednesday, a NATO service member was killed by an explosion in the south, according to NATO. The nationality of the victim was not released. The death brought the number of NATO service members killed this month to 65.
Meanwhile, British Prime Minister David Cameron was focusing on Afghanistan on Wednesday, the second day of a visit to the U.S.
Cameron planned to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery before heading to the Pentagon for briefings on military operations in Afghanistan.
Britain has the most troops serving in Afghanistan of any NATO nation after the United States. But Cameron has said he wants his country's 10,000 troops out by the time of Britain's next election, which must be held by 2015.