Afghanistan ? Afghan troops clashed with Taliban insurgents attacking a supply convoy for NATO troops, killing nine militants, officials said Saturday. Roadside bombs killed a NATO soldier in a separate convoy and four policemen.

The militants were killed after they attacked a supply convoy for NATO-led troops in Zabul province, said provincial police official Jalali Khan. There were no casualties among Afghan troops, he said.

In neighboring Kandahar province, a blast struck a police patrol in Maywand district, killing four officers and wounding another, said Khan Mohammad, a police official.

Another bomb struck a NATO convoy in Kandahar’s Panjwayi district, killing a soldier, NATO’s press office in Kabul said. NATO did not release the dead soldier’s nationality or say how many were wounded. Most of the troops in the area are Canadian.