Roadside Bomb Kills 8 Civilians & 4 Policemen in Afghanistan

Yet another example of how the taliban are more effective in killing civilians than anything else. Reuters

KABUL (Reuters) - Eight civilians and four policemen were killed in two separate roadside bomb blasts in Afghanistan on Tuesday, officials said.

One woman, a child and six men were killed when the blast hit a bus in Del Aram district of western Farah province, deputy provincial governor Mohammad Younus Rasuli said.

The blast occurred on a road where Afghan and foreign troops have come under similar attacks and ambushes by Taliban insurgents in recent months, he told Reuters.

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Four policemen were killed and three others wounded in the second explosion which hit their vehicle in Logar province south of Kabul, a provincial official said.

In another incident on Tuesday, U.S.-led troops killed several Taliban militants in an operation in Helmand province in the south, the U.S. military said in a statement.

Violence has escalated in Afghanistan in the past two years, the bloodiest period since Taliban's removal from power in 2001.