Afghan police conduct a spot check on a highway in Helmand Province (file photo) (epa) September 19, 2006 -- Afghan police say they killed 11 suspected Taliban militants and injured an unknown number of gunmen early on September in the southern province of Helmand.
An Interior Ministry spokesman said four of those killed were foreigners, but did not reveal their nationalities.
A wave of suicide attacks blamed on the Taliban killed 21 people on September 18, including four Canadian soldiers.
(AFP, dpa)
RFE/RL Afghanistan Report
SUBSCRIBE For regular news and analysis on Afghanistan by e-mail, subscribe to "RFE/RL Afghanistan Report."
![The Pakistani Taliban says its latest publication is intended to “provoke women of Islam to come forward and join the ranks of [the holy warriors] of Islam.” (file photo)](https://gdb.rferl.org/D2F24016-04A6-49C6-B222-16A72E095062_w33_r1.jpg)
