4 Afghan security guards killed in blast in southern province

August 31st, 2009 Afghan police: Taliban ambush supply convoyKANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Police say Taliban militants ambushed a supply convoy for NATO troops in southern Afghanistan, killing an Afghan guard who was escorting the trucks. Zabul province police chief Ghulam Jailani Farhai says the militants opened fire on the line of trucks on the main highway from Kandahar province into Zabul early Monday.

August 7th, 2009 Officials: Roadside bomb kills 5 Afghan copsKABUL — Officials say roadside bombs in southern Afghanistan have killed five policemen and an Afghan guard. Local police official Abdul Jabar says a roadside bomb late Thursday in Kandahar's Arghandab district killed five policemen.

July 16th, 2009 Suicide bomber kills 3 police in AfghanistanKABUL — A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden station wagon into a police convoy in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing three police, the Interior Ministry said. Four other police officers were wounded in the morning attack in Nimroz province's Khashord district, the ministry said in a statement.

July 11th, 2009 19 militants killed in Afghan clashesKABUL — Afghan police and coalition forces killed 19 suspected militants in two separate clashes in southern Afghanistan, while four Afghan guards were killed near the capital, officials said Saturday. The militants died in two clashes in Uruzgan's Charchino district Friday, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.

June 13th, 2009 KABUL - A suicide attack against a convoy of fuel tankers bound for NATO forces in southern Afghanistan killed eight drivers and wounded 21 others, while a NATO soldier was killed in a roadside attack in the same region, officials said Saturday. The attack near the main market of Geriskh district in southern Helmand province took place late Friday when a bomber rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into the convoy parked near a NATO military base, district chief Abdul Ahad said.

June 7th, 2009 Battles, ambushes kill around 30 in AfghanistanKABUL — A joint Afghan and U.S.-led coalition operation against insurgents in southern Afghanistan killed more than 20 Taliban fighters Sunday, while a militant ambush in the northwest killed four policemen, officials said. The joint operation in Zabul province included ground forces and airstrikes.

June 6th, 2009 KABUL - A NATO soldier was killed in an attack in southern Afghanistan, while three civilians, two Afghan soldiers, three private security guards and nine Taliban militants were killed elsewhere in the country, officials said Saturday. The NATO soldier was killed in a "hostile incident" in the volatile southern region Saturday, the alliance said in a statement, but did not disclose the nationality of the soldier.

June 3rd, 2009 LONDON - A British soldier has been killed in an explosion while on a patrol in Afghanistan, the ministry of defence said here Wednesday. The death in a blast near the town of Gereshk in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan brings to 166 the total number of British military fatalities in the conflict so far.

June 3rd, 2009 5 Afghan security guards killed in suicide attackKABUL — Police say five Afghan private security guards escorting a supply convoy have been killed in a suicide bombing near the southern border with Pakistan. The attack Wednesday comes a day after 10 more local security guards were killed by a roadside bomb elsewhere in the country.

June 3rd, 2009 15 Afghan security guards killed in attacksKABUL — A suicide attack and a roadside bomb killed 15 Afghan security guards, part of a spate of violence that left 35 people around Afghanistan dead, including a British soldier, officials said Wednesday. Taliban militants are behind a relentless wave of attacks in Afghanistan, eight years after the U.S.-led invasion.

June 3rd, 2009 10 security guards killed in Afghan bomb blastsKABUL — Two roadside bombs tore through a convoy carrying private security guards, killing 10 of them in eastern Afghanistan, an official said Wednesday. The convoy was initially hit by a blast that killed one security guard on Tuesday, said police chief Azizullah Wardak of Paktia province.

May 23rd, 2009 KABUL - Sixty Taliban militants have been killed in clashes with the Afghan and US-led coalition troops in southern Helmand province, officials said Saturday. "The Afghan National Army Commandos of the 205th Corps, assisted by coalition forces, killed 60 militants in Marja city in Helmand province," the Afghan and coalition troops said in a joint statement.

May 4th, 2009 KABUL - A roadside bomb blast in southern Afghanistan killed 12 civilians Monday, while Taliban militants attacked a supply convoy in the same region, killing six private security guards and two civilians, officials said. The roadside bomb blew up a tractor-trolley carrying civilians in Shamalzai district of southern Zabul province Monday morning, killing 12 civilians, Wazir Jawadi, the district's administrative chief said.

April 27th, 2009 KABUL - Five Afghan policemen and two civilians were killed in a roadside bomb blast in a restive southern province, where five Taliban militants were also killed, officials said Monday. The five insurgents were killed by Afghan and coalition forces in Zharai district of the southern province of Kandahar Monday morning, the US military said in a statement.

December 31st, 2008 KABUL - At least 20 police personnel have been killed in an ambush by Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan, a senior official said Thursday. A group of insurgents Wednesday ambushed the convoy of the district chief of Musa Qalat, a region filled with Taliban militants, in a remote are of Hemland province, the official said, adding that 20 security guards were killed in the attack.