Roadside bomb wounds 3 Afghan police

Three Afghan police sustained injuries as a roadside bomb struck their vehicle in Taliban birthplace Kandahar in south Afghanistan, provincial police chief Sardar Mohammad Zazi said Saturday.

"The gruesome incident took place Friday on the way to Kandahar airport wounding three policemen," Zazi told Xinhua.

Kandahar and the neighboring provinces have been the scene of increasing Taliban-linked insurgency over the past couple of years.

As part of new tactic, the Taliban fighters have resorted to roadside bombing and suicide attacks which often claim civilians' lives.

Gun battle with Taliban had left nine militants dead in Gereshk district of Helmand province on Thursday.

Source: Xinhua