KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Oct 5, SPA -- Suspected Taliban militants attacked a police checkpoint in southern Afghanistan and the ensuing clash left six militants dead and three wounded, an official said Thursday. The clash late Wednesday in Gereshk district of thesouthern Helmand province also left three policemenwounded, said Ghulam Muhiddin, the spokesman for theprovincial governor. The authorities recovered the bodies of the militants and their weapons, Muhiddin was quoted as saying by the Associated Press. In western Afghanistan, a suicide bomber rammed hisexplosives-laden car into a convoy carrying a regionalpolice chief in western Afghanistan, an official said. Nopolice were injured. The blast, which killed only the bomber, occurred in thewestern Farah province, said Najibullh Khan, a policeofficial. The province's police chief was traveling to follow up on a kidnapping case in the Bala Buluk district, Khan said.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/394286