Kabul: A roadside bomb killed five Afghan
border security guards on Sunday on a heavily used road in
southern Afghanistan.
Gen Abdul Raziq, a border security commander, said the
bombing occurred before dawn in the Spin Boldak district of
Kandahar province, near the Pakistan border.
The attack comes amid reports that nearly a dozen
militants suspected of having ties to high-ranking Taliban
members were detained in separate operations on Sunday,
underlining the security struggle in the country`s south.
The district is in a volatile area that has been
patrolled mostly by border security police. US troops moved
into the region in July.
Meanwhile, NATO said in a statement that forces detained
several militants with links to the Taliban today.
Several people were detained in Kandahar province,
including a suspected militant who NATO says was involved with
suicide bombings in the area and has links to several senior
local Taliban leaders.
South of Kabul, an Afghan-international security force
detained several militants near the village of Kashimiri Balat
while pursuing an alleged Taliban member involved in the
weapons trade, it said.
The joint security force recovered a number of weapons,
including grenades and a military-grade night vision device.
PTI
