Ten policemen killed in bomb blast in Afgahnistan

HERAT, Afghanistan, Mar 12 (Reuters) Ten Afghan policemen were killed in a remote-controlled bomb explosion in the western province of Farah today, a security official said.

The policemen's vehicle hit the roadside bomb as they were travelling to Bakwa district in the province.

''The newly-appointed security head of Bakwa was also among the dead,'' Khair Mohammad Baryali, a senior official at the office of the security chief of Farah told Reuters.

He said one policeman was wounded.

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