Six police officers and a local tribal elder were killed in a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan on Wedensday. The governor''s office said in a statement issued Wednesday that a police truck struck the bomb while driving in Kandahar province''s Zhari district. Provincial government spokesman Zalmai Ayubi said the police were escorting tribal elder Abdul Wali Khan back to his home from nearby Kandahar city.
Ayubi said the bomb appeared to be remotely detonated, and that the police assume Khan was the target. Khan was also on the Zhari district development council.

Source: BNA