KABUL, Oct. 25 (Xinhuanet) -- A deputy police chief was killed Monday night at home when a group of militants crashed into the house in Afghan eastern province of Paktia, a local official said Tuesday.

    "The deputy police chief of Zurmat district of Paktia Faiz Mohammad was killed by a group of suspected Taliban militants intruded in his home last night, and his brother was injured," Riza Mohammad, the district chief of Zurmat told Xinhua.

    "No one has been arrested for the killing, and the investigation is still going on," he added.

    Three officers were injured in the attack Tuesday morning when their vehicle came under attack in another eastern province of Nangahar, a local official said.

    "A vehicle full of police officers from a police academy was attacked by suspected Taliban militants this morning in Sorkhrod district. Three of the officers were injured," Colonel Abdul Ghfor, the spokesperson of provincial police department of Nangahar told Xinhua.

    The spokesperson said the investigation was still going on.

    Taliban militants who vowed to continue Holy war until the withdrawal of all the foreign troops, intensified the attacks and even suicide attacks against Afghan and foreign troops especially after failing to derail the landmark September parliamentary elections.

    Six Afghan civilians have been killed, and three others were injured also in Paktia province on Monday while Taliban militants targeted US forces.

    Over 1,400 people including rebels, Afghan and US troops as well as aid workers and pro-government religious leaders have been killed in Taliban-led militancy this year. Enditem