An Afghan police officer drugged 17 colleagues and shot them dead with the aid of the Taliban.
It was the latest in a series of insider attacks that have undermined trust between coalition and Afghan forces.
The latest killings, which occurred at a remote Afghan police outpost in the eastern province of Ghazni, are the worst in a string of attacks in recent months.
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