An Afghan National Police Officer at a Police station with fellow officers watch as he unties the bound feet of a comrade who was executed by the Taliban. The 19-year old police officer was abducted by insurgents along with a fellow officer in Zhari District, paraded through a village shot in the face and neck and hung. The police are the primary target of insurgents and sustain thousands of casualties per year. Over a thousand police are killed per year mostly in insurgent attacks.