Blasts and clashes, two usual events in Afghanistan, killed at least 31 persons Tuesday, most of them Taliban rebels.

A police officer was killed on the spot after a mine exploded in Kandahar province when a police car was passing by. Six other people were wounded, three of them being policemen. The blast caused one more fatality later on, one of the injured officers dying at the hospital, the police informed.

Earlier, two policemen were injured by a similar explosion in Kandahar city, while another roadside bomb wounded three workers in southern Afghanistan, police officials reported.
 
In the eastern territories the clashes between security forces and Taliban insurgents intensify, 28 rebels and one policeman being killed Monday. The fire exchange broke out after a group of militants attacked an outpost in Khost province. Air support was called in, leaning the balance once more in the coalition’s side.

Eight other insurgents were shot-dead by police forces in southern Kandahar after they attacked a police convoy. One police officer was killed, as one of the cars was burned, the local police chief said.

Insurgency continues to lose adepts, but the rage against foreign troops is hard to beat even if they are outgunned and some times outnumbered. Anarchy continues to rule southern and eastern territories, as the US-led coalition forces haven’t been able to gain control over these regions.