Ten policemen killed in Afghanistan bombing: officials

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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) — A roadside bomb hit a police jeep in southern Afghanistan and killed 10 officers, as a soldier and 19 hardline Taliban rebels died in other violence, officials said Sunday.

The police chief of Kandahar province, Mutiullah Khan, blamed the bombing on the "enemies of Afghanistan" -- a phrase most Afghan officials use to refer to Taliban militants.

"A roadside bomb struck a police vehicle. There were 10 policemen in the car who were all killed," Khan told AFP, adding that it happened overnight in the troubled Shah Wali Kot district of Kandahar.

Khan said the policemen were on a routine patrol at the time of the explosion. Roadside bombs are widely used by the Taliban and other militants in their attacks on Afghan and foreign...