CNN REPORTS: TALIBAN SLAYS 11 POLICE OFFICERS WHILE THEY WERE SLEEPING IN AFGHANISTAN

Blast kills UK troops in Afghanistan
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NEW: Two UK soldiers killed in blast in southern Afghanistan, says ISAF
Official says 11 officers slain in Taliban attack on police post
The police were shot as they lay sleeping, according to official
Initial investigation reveals killers may have been helped by an officer

KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- An explosion struck a vehicle carrying British troops on Sunday, killing two and wounding two others on Sunday in southern Afghanistan, Britan's Defence Ministry said Monday.

The incident occurred in Kandahar province and involved troops from Britain's Royal Air Force regiment.
"The men were conducting a routine patrol two kilometers west of Kandahar Airfield when the vehicle they were travelling in hit an explosive device," the ministry said.

The troops are deployed with NATO's International Security Assistance Force.
Also Sunday Taliban militants attacked a police post in southern Afghanistan and killed 11 officers as they lay sleeping, an official told CNN.

It was the second time in two days that police officers have been killed in militant attacks in the province of Kandahar.

The Kandahar police official said an initial investigation revealed that an officer may have "had a hand" in the attack because the militants were able to fatally shoot the officers while they were asleep.
The attack occurred in the Arghandab district, some six miles (10 km) north of Kandahar city.
On Saturday, four officers were killed when militants attacked a police unit as they were eradicating poppy fields, officials said.

In recent months, militants have stepped up attacks against local police, coalition troops and NATO-led forces.

U.S. troops are in their sixth year in Afghanistan battling the Taliban, the Islamic militia that once ruled most of Afghanistan, and its al Qaeda allies.