TALIBAN GUERRILLAS KILLED THREE POLICEMEN IN AN AMBUSH IN SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN AND THREE BOMBS EXPLODED IN AN EASTERN TOWN BUT CAUSED NO CASUALTIES, POLICE SAID. THE INSURGENTS AMBUSHED A POLICE VEHICLE DELIVERING SUPPLIES TO A POST IN THE SOUTHERN PROVINCE OF ZABUL ON SUNDAY NIGHT. ZABUL POLICE OFFICER ABDUR RABB SAID THREE POLICEMEN AND TWO TALIBAN WERE KILLED DURING THE CLASH WHICH LASTED FOR NEARLY AN HOUR. IN THE EASTERN TOWN OF JALALABAD, THREE BOMBS WENT OFF IN A CENTRAL MARKET AREA ON MONDAY. NO ONE WAS HURT BUT WINDOWS IN NEARBY BUILDINGS WERE SMASHED, A PROVINCIAL SECURITY OFFICIAL SAID. HE SAID THE TALIBAN WERE RESPONSIBLE, ACCORDING TO A REPORT OF REUTERS.
