(KUNA) -- Two suicide bombers have been killed in two botched up attacks in Kabul, the central capital of Afghanistan, and the southern province of Kandahar Monday morning. A bomber, riding in a taxi cab, blew up his explosive-packed car as he was chased by police in the centre of Kabul city this morning. Three bystanders were wounded in the blast. Crime investigation chief in Kabul Alishah Paktiawal said police had received secret information about the presence of the bomber and the area was sealed early in the morning. As the police personnel on the Airport Road tried to stop a suspected vehicle, the driver sped up. Police chased the car and the man exploded it as he was about to arrest by the police.
Separately, a bomber targeted NATO convoy in Kandahar the same day but both local officials and the foreign military are tight-lipped about casualties. Witnesses said there was a car bomb explosion as the NATO convoy was passing through the city. The area was soon surrounded by the foreign forces banning people to go near the site. Kandahar province has been scene to suicide attacks over the past six months.
In yet another incident, a senior police officer was killed when his vehicle hit a landmine in the neighbouring Helmand province last night, officials said. Helmand police chief Nabi Jan Mulakhail said the blast took place last night in the Greshk district of the province. The blast had broken the calm which had returned to Helmand province after months of suicide attacks and clashes between Taliban and the government and NATO forces. Meanwhile, a statement released from coalition Bagram base, situated north of Kabul Monday morning, said three Taliban fighters were killed as their hideout was pounded in Ghazni province early this morning. The press release said the compound targeted by the aircraft was used as an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) cell to target Afghan and foreign forces. Taliban admitted the bombing but said only one fighter was killed in the raid.