KANDAHAR, Sept 13: Thirty-four Taliban and eight policemen were killed in various clashes in Afghanistan on Wednesday as Nato looked for reinforcements to combat an insurgency in the south.

A suspected suicide bomber blew himself up in Kandahar.

A provincial government spokesman in Ghazni said security forces killed 30 militants in a major operation centred on three villages.

Dozens of Taliban attacked a police convoy in western Afghanistan, kicking off a battle that left four policemen and four of the attackers dead, an official said.

Police in Kunar said four of their colleagues were killed when in a bomb explosion.—AFP

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