Police say fresh clashes between security forces and fighters with the Taliban have left 25 militants and six policemen dead in southern Afghanistan.
In the latest incident, four police officers were killed when their vehicle was hit by a remotely detonated bomb as they travelled to work in the southern province of Kandahar, provincial police chief Juma Gul Himat said.
A Taliban spokesman, Yousuf Ahmadi, said his organisation carried out the attack.
Meanwhile, the bodies of 20 Taliban were found on the battlefield following a clash on Thursday in the south-central province of Uruzgan.
Two policemen were killed in the three hours of fighting there, which also involved international troops with the US-led coalition, Mr Himat said.
Five rebel fighters were killed in a separate clash in another district of Uruzgan province on Wednesday, he added.
In the country's west, a suicide attacker blew up a car bomb near an Italian military convoy Friday, killing only himself, an Afghan general said. © 2007 Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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