June 09, 2008	Monday	Jamadi-us-Sani 04, 1429

KABUL, June 8: Insurgents attacked a police convoy in central Afghanistan on Sunday, killing 11 police and wounding one, an official said. Militants in the east attacked and killed four men, including a local government official.

The convoy attack occurred in the Qarabagh district of Ghazni province, said the province’s deputy governor, Kazim Allayar. He said at least three police vehicles were destroyed. It was not immediately known if any insurgents were killed.

In the past two years, militant fighters have stepped up attacks on Afghanistan’s fledgling police, who have little training or weapons. Last year more than 900 police were killed in militant attacks.

In the eastern province of Khost, militants ambushed the government leader of the Qalandar region, killing him and three bodyguards, said Gen Mohammad Ayub, the provincial police chief.

Ayub said a man carrying the explosives intended to put them under a bridge but they detonated early.—AP