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KABUL — Violence struck southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, with attacks on government and security officials. There were also allegations that NATO forces had killed two civilians in a night raid, although the military sharply disputed that.
In Kandahar province, a district police commander and three officers were killed when a suicide bomb exploded near a police patrol. In Zabul province, gunmen assassinated Atta Khan Qadir Wal, 50, the director of the province’s office of tribal affairs.
The disputed raid near Jalalabad was at least the third in the district in four months.
In each, the military asserted that the Taliban was present, while local residents insisted that those killed were civilians.
Denver Post wire services
