Six people killed in Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD, Dec 31 (KUNA) -- At least two security men and four Taliban rebels were killed in separate acts of violence in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar and central Logar provinces on Saturday.
The spokesman for Logar's governor Salim Saleh told media that a policeman was gunned down by Taliban rebels in Pul-i-Alam, the capital of the province.
An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier was killed in a drive-by shooting in Mohammad Agha district. Three "militants," who came on motorbikes, took the ANA soldier from crowd of young people and killed him in another place, he added.
Separately, four insurgents were killed, including a local commander, during clearing operation by Afghan security forces in the Achin district of Nangarhar province.
Police spokesman Col. Hazrat Hussain Mashriqiwal said that the operation took place in Inzir locality of the district where weapons belonging to rebels were also destroyed in the offensive.
The violent acts came at a time when security forces and Taliban rebels have paced up their offensives against each other across Afghanistan. (end) sbk.gb