Ten police killed in spate of Afghan attacks

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.

Provincial police chief Abdul Jalal Jalal said that in eastern Kunar province, Taliban militants attacked a police border post, killing five officers and wounding seven others.

Regional police chief General Khalil Andarabi said a border police patrol in northwestern Badghis province hit a mine, killing three officers riding in the vehicle.