KANDAHAR: A suicide attack and bomb blasts killed at least nine people in Afghanistan including two coalition forces members in southern Kandahar province, ISAF and local officials said yesterday.
A suicide bomber targeted a group of foreign soldiers and Afghan intelligence agents in Maruf district of Kandahar province, killing two coalition members and four agents, officials said.
Earlier a roadside bomb ripped through a police vehicle in Qalat, the capital of neighboring Zabul province, killing two policemen and wounding three others, officials told AFP.
Violence has recently spiked in southern Afghanistan, with Taleban militants increasing their attacks on Afghan and NATO-led forces. The attacks also regularly take a toll on Afghan civilians.
A 12-year-old boy was killed and 10-year-old girl wounded after stepping on a bomb in Kajaki district of volatile Helmand province in southern Afghanistan on Friday, the provincial governor's office said in a statement.
The children were grazing their sheep in the area, it said.
The statement blamed "armed insurgents", a term used by Afghan officials to refer to the Taleban, for the casualties.
Nine dead in Afghan attacks
