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Afghan suicide attacker kills 10 Afghan suicide attack 'kills six'
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A suicide bomber has blown himself up in southern Afghanistan, killing 10 civilians, Afghan police have said. Five civilians and one soldier from the US-led coalition in Afghanistan have been killed in a suicide attack in Helmand province, officials say.
The attacker detonated his explosives as a convoy of foreign troops was passing through Gereshk district in Helmand province, an official said. The dead include three children, Helmand's police chief, Mohammad Hussain Andiwal, told the BBC.
Helmand has seen some of the worst violence of the Taleban-led insurgency. The attack comes a day after Nato and Afghan forces said they had driven Taleban fighters from areas close to the southern city of Kandahar. The attacker detonated his explosives as a convoy of foreign troops was passing through Gereshk district.
There is no word on any military casualties in the latest attack. The attack comes a day after Nato said the Taleban had been driven out of areas close to the city of Kandahar.
"The attacker walked up to a Nato convoy patrolling in a market in Girishk district and detonated explosives strapped to his body," provincial police chief Mohammad Hussain Andiwal told AFP news agency. Helmand has seen some of the worst violence of the Taleban-led insurgency.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack but Taleban militants, ousted from power in late 2001 by a US-led invasion, have claimed almost all similar attacks in the past. "The attacker walked up to a Nato convoy patrolling in a market... and detonated explosives strapped to his body," the Helmand police chief told the AFP news agency.
Helmand, Afghanistan's main opium producing region, has been a hotbed for Taleban activity in recent years and is the only place in Afghanistan where the ousted militia have control of a handful of districts. The Taleban are reported to have claimed responsibility for the attack.
Earlier reports said 10 civilians were killed, but the Helmand police chief later said that figure was wrong.
A spokesman for the US-led force in Afghanistan, Lt Col Paul Fanning, confirmed that one soldier had been killed, but did not reveal his nationality.
On Thursday two soldiers from the US-led force were killed in a shooting incident in Helmand.
Helmand, Afghanistan's main opium producing region, has been a hotbed for Taleban activity in recent years.
In the eastern province of Khost, police say there was a suicide attack on a Nato convoy in the district of Yaquby. There are no reports of casualties.