KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- One Afghan police officer and a militant were killed and four police officers wounded in a Taliban insurgents' suicide car bomb blast at a military camp in southern Kandahar province on Saturday, local police said.
"A militant rammed a hijacked explosive-packed military vehicle to a police camp in Chinarto, an area in Shah Wali Kot district at early Saturday, killing himself and a police officer and injuring four other police," Jamal Barakzai, provincial police spokesman, told Xinhua.
The targeted camp belongs to highway police of Afghan National Police, he said.
The explosion was followed by clashes when several militants arrived in the area and engaged with the police after the blast.
Reinforcement troops arrived at the site shortly after the clashes which lasted for hours as the militants used villagers' houses to hide themselves, he noted.
Located in the northern part of Kandahar, the district has been the scene of heavy clashes between Taliban and security forces for long.
Security situation has been improving in Kandahar, the former stronghold of Taliban, over the past months, as security forces have conducted search and cordon operations across the province. But the militants attack government interests in the province from time to time.
