Tuesday, August 09, 2011 – According to local officials in southern Afghanistan, at least four Afghan police officers have been killed and eight others injured in several roadside bomb blasts in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand Province.
The officials further added, the Afghan policemen were patrolling the region when three consecutive roadside bombs hit their vehicles late Monday.
According to police chief Seyfollah Khan said, two police vehicles were damaged and two civilians were also injured in the incident.
Roadside bombs or improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are by far the most lethal weapon used by Taliban militants against foreign and Afghan troops as well as innocent civilians.
At least ten police officers were killed and more than nine civilians were injured in separate roadside bomb explosions in southern Afghanistan on Monday.
Violence in Afghanistan has escalated to record high since the US-led invasion of the country began in October 2001.
The Taliban have focused their roughly ten-year battle against the invading US-led forces in Afghanistan on the country’s southern provinces of Helmand and Kandahar.
