Recruiting ALP units has become a central strand of Nato strategy, despite concerns that they can degenerate into poorly-controlled armed gangs preying on the local population.
Members must be vouched for by local leaders to prevent infiltration by the Taliban.
The elders who vouched for Assadullah had since been arrested along with several of his relatives, Mr Mobarez said.
Paktika is a stronghold of the Haqqani network, a Pakistani-based insurgent faction alleged to have close ties to sections of Pakistan’s military.
Zabiullah Mujahid, spokesman for the Taliban, claimed responsibility for the attack in a text message and said Assadullah had taken the dead police officers’ weapons and handed them over to the Taliban.
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