Nine people have been killed and four coalition soldiers hurt in two attacks by Taleban insurgents in the southern Afghan province of Helmand, police say.
Nine people have been killed in two attacks by Taleban insurgents in the southern Afghan province of Helmand, officials say.
Two Afghan civilians were killed and four soldiers were injured when a suicide bomber attacked a coalition convoy in Sangeen district.
Two Afghan civilians were killed and two US-led coalition soldiers were injured in a car bomb attack in Sangin district, the coalition says.
In another attack, insurgents killed seven people, including six policemen, in an ambush in Marja district.
In another attack, the Taleban killed six policemen and one civilian in Marja district, the local police chief said.
Helmand is a Taleban stronghold where a large number of militants are based.
Helmand is a Taleban stronghold with many militants based there.
There are almost daily reports of clashes in the region between the Afghan and Nato-led international forces, on the one hand, and the al-Qaeda and Taleban insurgents on the other.
There are almost daily reports of clashes in the region between Afghan and international forces on the one hand, and al-Qaeda and Taleban insurgents on the other.
The province's police chief, Muhammad Hussain Andiwal, told the BBC that a suicide bomber drove his car into a convoy in the Sangeen district.
A vehicle in the convoy was damaged in the attack, he said.
In another attack in Helmand 's Marja district, Taleban militants ambushed policemen, leaving six officers and a civilian dead, Mr Andiwal said.
Two police vehicles were also damaged in the attack, he said.
