Bombs kill 10 Afghan cops

(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Two Taliban bombs killed at least 10 policemen in Afghanistan yesterday, officials said, the latest attacks against the security forces who are suffering huge casualties as US-led Nato troops pull out.

Seven police, including their commander, died when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives next to a group of officers in Logar province, south of Kabul.

"A suicide attacker on foot this morning targeted an Afghan local police commander in Puli Alam, killing him and six others," Abdul Hakim Eshaqzai, Logar's provincial police chief, said. The attacker, who was wearing a military uniform, struck as the commander was arriving at his office for a meeting. Logar's media spokesman Din Mohammad Darwish confirmed the attack.

Also yesterday, a remote-controlled bomb hit a police car in Jalalabad city in the east of Afghanistan, killing three police, Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, the provincial spokesman said. Another roadside bomb blast left two civilians wounded in the capital Kabul. The Taliban claimed responsiblity for the Logar and Jalalabad attacks. Nato will end combat missions in Afghanistan at the end of this year.