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10 Afghan security guards killed in bomb blasts
Ten Afghan private security guards were killed after two roadside bombs tore through a convoy in eastern Afghanistan, an official said on Wednesday.
- AP
- Published: 15:13 June 3, 2009
Kabul: Ten Afghan private security guards were killed after two roadside bombs tore through a convoy in eastern Afghanistan, an official said on Wednesday.
Another blast in the south killed two Afghan police and wounded five more officers, police said.
The convoy in eastern Pakitia province was initially hit by a blast that killed one security guard on Tuesday, said police chief Azizullah Wardak of the province.
A second improvised explosive device then ripped through the convoy and killed nine guards in another vehicle in Paktia's Chamkani district, Wardak said.
The Afghan guards were based with US troops in the area. It was unclear what security company they were working for, or if they were traveling with American forces.
The attack in the country's east came as 11 Taliban militants were killed in a joint operation by coalition and Afghan troops in southern Afghanistan.
Coalition and Afghan troops attacked the militants in a compound on Tuesday night in southern Zabul province, said police chief Abdul Rahman Sarjang. No coalition or Afghan forces were killed or wounded in the operation, he said.
Also on Tuesday, two policemen were killed and five others were wounded in a roadside bomb blast in southern Kandahar province, a police official said on Wednesday.
In a separate incident, a roadside bomb killed a soldier in the Nato-led force on Tuesday, the alliance said. No other details, including the soldier's nationality, were released.
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