10 police die in blasts, border clash
A suicide bombing and other attacks on Afghan police left 10 officers dead and 10 wounded today, officials said.
In the southern province of Helmand, a suicide bomber struck a police convoy, killing two officers and wounding three, district police chief Khairudin Shuhja said.
In Kunar province in the east, Taliban militants attacked a police border post, killing five officers and wounding seven, provincial police chief Abdul Jalal Jalal said.
Separately, a border police patrol in northwestern Badghis province hit a mine, killing three officers riding in the vehicle, regional police chief Gen. Khalil Andarabi said.
In the two previous days, 19 people were killed, including a British soldier.
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