Bombs explode at Afghan police headquarters

6 officers killed in Kandahar, police say

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updated 9:51 a.m. ET Sept. 7, 2008

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Two suicide attackers detonated bombs inside the police headquarters in Afghanistan's second-largest city Sunday, killing six policemen, officials said.

The bombers attacked Gen. Abdul Raziq, a border police commander, two police officers at the scene in Kandahar said.

One high-ranking officer said six police were killed and 13 others wounded, including Raziq. The officer asked not to be identified because he wasn't authorized to speak to the media.

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Canadian troops and Afghan soldiers surrounded the police headquarters shortly after the explosions.

Kandahar is the Taliban's former stronghold. Militants unleashed a massive attack on the city's prison in June, killing around nine police and setting free almost 900 prisoners.