AFGHAN police have arrested 10 Taliban militants involved in an acid attack this month against 15 girls and teachers walking to school in southern Afghanistan, a provincial governor said yesterday.

Ten Taliban militants have been arrested in Afghanistan for the acid attack on girl pupils earlier this month.

Ten Taliban militants have been arrested in Afghanistan for the acid attack on girl pupils earlier this month.

A suicide car bomber in eastern Afghanistan killed 20 civilians and a US soldier today, a US military spokesman said.

The Taliban has launched a new operation targeting government and foreign forces in Afghanistan, a spokesman said today, as two policemen died in an ambush in the volatile south.