<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">In Afghanistan, the death toll in the attack on a policeconvoy has climbed to 22.</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:arial,sans-serif">A health official said at least 22 police officers werekilled in a Taliban ambush in western Farah province. <o:p /></span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Director of the public hospital in the provincialcapital, Herat said at least two police officers were wounded in yesterday'sambush. <o:p /></span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Provincial police spokesman Mohibullah Mohib said theconvoy had been travelling from Farah city to Juwain district when it cameunder attack.<o:p /></span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:arial,sans-serif">The attack follows a wave of violence across Afghanistanin recent weeks. At least 27 soldiers were killed in Friday's suicide attack ina mosque on an army base in the eastern province of Khost. <o:p /></span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:arial,sans-serif">The attack came days after a suicide assault on areligious gathering in Kabul that killed at least 55 people and wounded 94.</span></p><br />