Six policemen in Afghanistan violence

Roadside bombs and battles with Taliban forces killed six police and left 13 Taliban fighters dead or wounded in four separate incidents in southern Afghanistan, officials said today.

A roadside bomb exploded in Kandahar’s Panjwayi district today, killing three police officers and wounding four in a police vehicle, said Panjwayi district police chief Bismullah Khan.

In the nearby Spin Boldak district, a roadside bomb killed two policemen and wounded three others in a border police vehicle, Gen. Raziq Khan said.