Roadside bomb kills 3 Afghan police, wounds 5 in southern Afghanistan
20:56, 16 February 2010
KABUL. February 16. KAZINFORM Three police were killed and five others sustained injuries as a roadside bomb organized by Taliban militants struck their vehicle in Taliban birthplace Kandahar south of Afghanistan on Tuesday, police chief in the province Sardar Mohammad Zazai said, Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
"The incident occurred at 11:30 a.m. local time in Registan district, as a result three policemen were killed and five others sustained injuries," Zazai told Xinhua.
Since launching joint Afghan-NATO operation against Taliban bastion in Marja district of the southern Helmand province early Saturday, the militants have speeded up their activities mostly in the form of roadside bombings in the restive southern region, Kazinform cites Xinhua. See www.news.xinhuanet.com for full version.