A suicide attack on a NATO convoy in southern Afghanistan on Friday killed 10 civilians and wounded some NATO soldiers, police and a NATO spokesman said.
The attack was in Helmand, one of Afghanistan's most violence-plagued provinces to the west of Kandahar province where Afghan government and NATO soldiers battled Taliban militants on the outskirts of the provincial capital this week.
"The civilians were killed in Girishk district when a suicide bomber attacked a foreign forces' convoy," said provincial police chief Hussein Andiwal.
Andiwal said the bomber was on foot and six civilians were wounded, adding he did not know if there were any casualties among the soldiers in the convoy.
A spokesman for NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said some soldiers had been wounded.
"We confirm casualties but we don't confirm fatalities," said the ISAF spokesman.
A Taliban spokesman, Qari Mohammad Yousuf, claimed responsibility for the blast.
Late on Thursday, two soldiers from a separate U.S.-led force in Afghanistan were killed in a clash in Helmand, a Taliban bastion and the country's biggest opium-producing region.
News
New ‘Tyndale Trail’ launched to mark 500 years of English New Testament
A new long-distance walking route tracing the life of Bible translator William Tyndale has been launched in south-west England, as part of commemorations marking 500 years since his groundbreaking English New Testament.
Russia and Ukraine agree to temporary Orthodox Easter truce
In the Orthodox calendar, Easter falls one week after the date celebrated in western Europe.
Bishop urges people of Britain to stand up for Christian truth
It follows an earlier open letter addressed to King Charles, calling upon him to defend Christianity in line with his titles of Supreme Governor of the Church of England and "Defender of the Faith".
Fundraising Regulator reminds churches that collections are subject to code of practice
Churches can breach the code even when acting in good faith.