Insurgents assassinate Afghan official, policeman
KABUL, Afghanistan - Insurgents assassinated an Afghan government official and a policeman Monday in western Afghanistan, and five civilians died when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb elsewhere in the west, officials said.
4/1/2008 4:32:31 AM Afghan police have killed three insurgents and captured a senior Taliban commander following a clash with militants in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province, provincial police chief Mohammad Hussain Andiwal said Tuesday.