Bomber kills 10 civilians in bridge attack
A suicide bomber killed 10 civilians and wounded seven others in an attack on an Afghan army patrol at a bridge in the southern province of Helmand.
The army patrol was crossing a bridge in Gereshk, a town just north of the provincial capital Lashkar Gah.
Provincial spokesman Daw-ood Ahmadi said all the victims were civilians, most of them vendors selling goods along the highway.
Khost police Chief Yaqoub Khan said Afghan and US forces provided enough security to prevent a deadlier attack "but unfortunately the enemy uses every means and planted a bomb off the road".