10 killed by Afghan bomb

- Monday, March 22, 2010

TEN people were killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province, officials say.

The civilians were killed as a suicide bomber targeted an Afghan army convoy on a bridge, a spokesman for the provincial government said. Seven people were also injured in the attack in Gereshk district.

Helmand province is the focus of a offensive against Taliban insurgents.

In a separate attack in Khost province, in eastern Afghanistan, police said two civilians were killed and four wounded when a roadside bomb exploded.

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