Four Afghan policemen and two Taliban were killed and five other constables were injured in separate incidents of violence in Afghanistan's volatile southern parts on Sunday. A policeman was killed and five others wounded in Ghazni province when the militants blew up a police jeep with a remote-controlled bomb. The attack was carried out in the Andar district. In the ensuing firefight, police said they had killed two Taliban and arrested two others.Police chief of the province Abdur Rahmand Sar Jang said the arrested Taliban were being interrogated. He said fresh contingents of police had been arrived on the scene of the battle and the area had been encircled by the police.
Separately, security officials in the neighbouring Helmand province say they have found beheaded bodies of the three policemen, who were kidnapped by Taliban two days back. Spokesman for the provincial governor Muhiuddin said the three policemen were kidnapped by Taliban on Friday evening when they were on patrol on a link road in the Kajakee district of the province. This morning, said the spokesman, their beheaded bodies were found in the same area.
The last three days were calm in the otherwise volatile southern provinces, which were scene to fierce fighting between Taliban and the coalition and Afghan forces. More than 300 people were killed in a week time in the four southern provinces of Afghanistan. The dead also included more than 20 civilians, who had become victim of coalition forces' bombing in Kandahar province on Monday last.