Blasts kill 23 Afghan cops in 24 hours

Insurgents killed a total of 23 policemen across Afghanistan within 24 hours, officials said yesterday, reflecting the increasing police role in the war before the withdrawal of Nato troops.
Thirteen died in roadside bomb blasts, while 10 were killed in a suicide attack.
A powerful bomb killed eight police officers along with three suspected bombers they had detained on the outskirts of the troubled southern city of Kandahar, provincial spokesman Jawed Faisal told AFP.
The officials blamed the bombing the Taliban.
Three other policemen were killed in another roadside bombing in neighbouring Helmand yesterday and two died in a similar attack in Farah in western Afghanistan overnight, police spokesmen said.
The incidents followed a suicide bombing in the northern city of Kunduz on Saturday that killed 10 policemen including two senior officers.