KANDAHAR, 26 December 2005 — Six suspected Taleban militants were killed when a land mine they were planting on a road exploded in Afghanistan’s insurgency-hit southern province of Kandahar, officials said yesterday.
The incident occurred on Saturday night in Maywand district, Kandahar police chief Abdul Malik Wahidi told AFP.
Maywand administration chief Mohammad Nabi Idari said the men were planting the Land mine on a road used by Afghan and US forces on patrol.
Separately, police said they had arrested three militants in neighboring Dand district and charged them with planning suicide attacks.
“Police arrested a man who was carrying a large amount of explosives on a motorcycle. He tipped the police about two others who were detained later,” Wahidi said.
He said police recovered four motorcycles, all fitted with explosives, from the suspects. The detainees are all Afghans.
“The suspects have confessed they were planning suicide attacks in the city,” the police chief said.