Taliban bombs kill at least 10 police in Afghanistan

Two Taliban bombs killed at least 10 policemen in Afghanistan on Monday, officials said. These are the latest attacks against the security forces who are suffering huge casualties as U.S.-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. The attacker, who was wearing a military uniform, struck as the commander was arriving at his office for a meeting.

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, to AFP

Also on Monday, 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 told AFP. Another roadside bomb blast left two civilians wounded in the capital Kabul. The Taliban, who claimed responsiblity for the Logar and Jalalabad attacks, have stepped up attacks as the withdrawing NATO-led forces leave Afghan security forces to fight the insurgents on their own.

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