Six killed in Afghan violence

Four policemen were killed when suspected Taliban militants detonated a landmine in eastern Afghanistan, while one rebel and a civilian died in a gunfight in the south, officials said Wednesday. The remote-controlled mine exploded on Tuesday in the Sirkanay district of Kunar province, a few kilometres from where a US military helicopter crashed the same day, provincial governor Asadullah Wafa said.
"The police chief of the district Gul Mohammad and three other policemen were killed," he told AFP. "It was the work of enemies of Afghanistan," the governor added. Afghan officials use this term to refer to the Taliban.