'Kandahar Police Chief Dies In Shootout', CBC News, 29 June 2009

EXCERPT: "Kandahar's provincial police chief and nine other police officials died on Monday in a gun battle at an Afghan government complex. Later, the governor of Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province said 41 private security guards were arrested. Gov. Thoryalai Wesa said the guards had been disarmed and will be sent to Kabul for a military trial. Gunfire broke out as private security guards moved into a government complex and demanded the release of a man being held in custody. Police Chief Matiullah Qati was among 10 officers killed outside the attorney general's office in Kandahar, officials said. The provincial head of the criminal investigations department, Abdul Khaliq Hamdard, also died, officials said. Afghan President Hamid Karzai said the private security guards involved in the battle were working for U.S. coalition forces and demanded they be handed over. Karzai is currently on the election trail and has been mounting his campaign around demanding the U.S. pull back from the ferocity of its attacks for the sake of citizens."

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See also:
'Afghan guards arrested over police chief shooting', The Telegraph, 29 June 2009
'', China View, 29 June 2009

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