The Taliban took responsibility Monday for a bomb blast in
Afghanistan that killed six American troops, while other
militants launched suicide attacks on two police headquarters
that according to officials left seven attackers and two
children dead.  German Brig. Gen. Gunter Katz, a spokesman for
the U.S.-led coalition, said the six Americans were killed on
Sunday when their armored vehicle struck a bomb planted in
eastern Afghanistan. He said a seventh American soldier was
killed in a separate insurgent attack in the south.  Taliban
spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the
attack in Wardak province, just south of Kabul, in a statement.
They were the latest American casualties from bombs planted by
insurgents along roads, paths or mountain tracks.   Wardak
provincial police chief Gen. Abdul Qayum Baqizoi said that after
the explosion in Jalrez district, a coalition airstrike killed a
local Taliban commander and wounded three insurgents.  In the
south, three suicide bombers riding in a three-