Suicide car bomb kills 3 Afghan policemen

September 02, 2014 02:28 pm | Updated November 16, 2021 08:01 pm IST - KABUL

An Afghan official said a suicide car bombing has killed three policemen in the eastern Nangarhar province.

Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, the spokesman for the provincial governor, said the bomber detonated his explosives-laden vehicle among a group of Afghan security forces in Ghani Khil district on Tuesday.

In the western Herat province, a military spokesman said the Taliban killed for Afghan soldiers on Monday night in the Chishti Sharif district.

The spokesman, Najibullha Najibi, said the Taliban attacked an Army post overnight.

Mr. Najibi said 10 Taliban fighters were also killed in the clashes.

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