10 killed in Aghan suicide blast

A suicide bomber killed 10 civilians today and wounded seven others in an attack on an Afghan army patrol at a bridge in the southern province of Helmand.

The suicide attack occurred as the army patrol was crossing a bridge in Gereshk, a town just north of the provincial capital of Lashkar Gah. Provincial spokesman Dawood Ahmadi said all the victims were civilians, most of them vendors selling goods along the highway.