Kabul, Feb 26 , SPA --- Five police officers were killed when their vehiclewas blown up by a remote-controlled roadside bomb in south-easternAfghanistan on Tuesday morning, dpa quoted police sources as saying. The police personnel, who were on their way from Sabari districtof Khost province towards the provincial capital, were struck by aremote-controlled roadside bomb blast, provincial police chiefMohammad Ayoub Khan said. Khan could not immediately confirm the police death toll. However,another police official who would talk only on condition ofanonymity, said that five police officers were killed in theexplosion. Khan said the police personnel "were using a civilian car just toavoid any attack on themselves, but I don't know why they were stilltargeted."--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/530689