Ten Afghan police killed in attacks

A suicide bombing and other attacks on Afghan police have left 10 officers dead and 10 others wounded.

A suicide bombing and other attacks on Afghan police have left 10 officers dead and 10 others wounded.

District police chief Khairudin Shuhja said that in southern Helmand province today, a suicide bomber struck a convoy carrying a district police chief, killing two officers and wounding three.

The body of an Afghan police officer is transported in the back of a police vehicle after Taliban militants attacked a police border post in Kunar province east of Kabul today
The body of an Afghan police officer is transported in the back of a police vehicle after Taliban militants attacked a police border post in Kunar province east of Kabul today



In eastern Kunar province, Taliban militants attacked a police border post, killing five officers and wounding seven others.

A regional police chief said a border police patrol in northwestern Badghis province hit a mine, killing three officers riding in the vehicle.

AP

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