30 kidnapped, six dead in Afghanistan

30 kidnapped, six dead in Afghanistan: 

General Abdul Raziq, Kandahar's police chief, says a group of insurgents attacked a police checkpoint, killing six police and wounding five others.

At the same time another group of insurgents wearing army uniforms stopped a bus and kidnapped 30 people, of whom 19 are policemen, Raziq said.

Both incidents took place on Tuesday night at the border between Kandahar and Uruzgan provinces.