Afghan police 'killed by US forces'

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Nine Afghan policemen and two civilians are reported to have been killed in a raid launched by US forces.

More than a hundred people protested on Thursday over the deaths in the Ghazni province of central Afghanistan, Dr Ismail Ibrahimzai, the head of the local public health department, said.

Villagers marched toward Ghazni after the attack, chanting against US troops and the Western-baked government of President Hamid Karzi.

"Nine police, including an officer, two civilians, one of them a woman, were killed in the raid," he said.

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