Kandahar, Afghanistan, Dhu-AlHijjah 18, 1433, Nov 3, 2012, SPA - A police commander was killed Saturday in a roadside bomb attack in southern Afghanistan, an official said. "Rahmatullah, the police chief for Dand district of Kandahar province, was going to investigate a checkpoint attacked last night by the insurgents when he was killed and his bodyguard injured by a roadside bomb," provincial police chief Abdul Razeq was quoted as saying by DPA. He said two insurgents were killed in the clash at the checkpoint. --SPA 12:50 LOCAL TIME 09:50 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/1045105