Kabul, Sept 17, SPA -- Militants ambushed a securitypatrol near the Afghan capital, killing a district policechief and two officers, and security forces thwarted plansfor three bombings, a government spokesman said Saturday. Insurgents have vowed to disrupt Sunday's landmarklegislative elections, The Associated Press reported. "This is the first attack so close to Kabul that we haveseen in a long time," Interior Ministry spokesmanLuftullah Mashal said of the police ambush.--SPA1320 Local Time 1020 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/289841