Roadside bomb kills two policemen in Afghanistan

Two policemen were killed and two sustained injuries when a roadside bomb struck a police van in Afghanistan's Nimroz province 790 km southwest of Kabul Monday, provincial police chief Qasim Jangalbagh said.

"A mine planted by insurgents struck a police vehicle on the road linking Zaranj to Khashrod district leaving two police personnel dead and two others injured," Xinhua quoted Jangalbagh as telling reporters.