Taliban threaten death to US collaborators

The posters, in the local Pashtu-language, appeared overnight in mosques in Spin Boldak and nearby villages and were attributed to the Taliban regime overthrown in 2001, residents said.

"These people will be killed at the appropriate moment," said one of the posters signed "Taliban Mujahideen." Mujahideen means "holy warrior."

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"These people have played important role in the massacre of Taliban Mujahideen, it said. "These people have been cooperating with the American forces and their agents despite Taliban warnings."

Mullah Abdul Samad, an intelligence official in the former Taliban regime, said the list contained the names of "informers" hired by the Afghan government.

"They have been given privileges and facilities by the government for spying on the Taliban activities," he told Reuters by satellite phone from an undisclosed location.

Meanwhile, six Afghan policemen were killed in an ambush by suspected Taliban and al-Qaeda guerrillas in the southern province of Helmand at the weekend, a provincial official said on Monday.

Haji Mohammad Wali, spokesman for the governor of Helmand, told Reuters the policemen were on patrol in Helmand's Girishk district late on Sunday when their vehicle came under attack from rocket-propelled grenades and automatic rifles.