Afghan police
Afghan policemen killed in US airstrike - officials
The so-called "friendly fire" incident occurred overnight, during a raid in Afghanistan's restive Helmand province.
The attackers stopped three buses, shot dead nine passengers & kidnapped the rest.
When troops fail to leave forts to conduct patrols, it allows insurgents to place roadside bombs.
During a search of the surrounding areas, one suspect was arrested, an Interior Ministry spokesman said.
Police say the suicide bomber walked up to a white pickup truck & detonated explosives he was wearing.
Rianna du Plessis says the Taliban attack has left her sister Hannelie broken and destitute.
The Taliban have been staging almost daily attacks in Kabul and claimed responsibility for the latest assault.
Officials said the attack by an estimated 700 Taliban fighters began about five days ago.
The operation is one of the single biggest assaults against the Taliban-linked Haqqani network.
The attack in one of Afghanistan’s main cities comes ahead of a presidential election on 5 April.
A suicide bomb has killed at least six student and two US military personnel with several others injured.
The Red Cross says the Afghan war is increasingly posing a challenge for the country’s civilians.
An ‘insider’ attack has left a NATO soldier and one civilian contractor dead in Afghanistan.
Afghan police and NATO forces managed to end a siege at a popular lakeside hotel.