Taliban attack on Afghan police convoy kills 37

KABUL — Taliban militants launched a twin suicide attack on Thursday, targeting a convoy of buses carrying Afghan police cadets outside of the capital and killing 37 people, mostly policemen, and wounding 40, an Afghan official said.

The first suicide attacker struck two buses carrying trainee policemen, and a second attacker targeted those who rushed to the scene to help and also hit a third bus, Rahmati said.

Later Thursday, an attack on a convoy carrying security forces in eastern Ghazni province killed two and wounded four troops, said Jaweed Salangi, spokesman for the provincial governor.

The attack took place in the Andar district as the convoy was en route from Paktika province toward Ghazni, Salangi said, adding that the deputy chief of the Paktika intelligence service was among those killed.

The insurgents frequently target convoys of Afghan troops or buses carrying civil servants or those perceived to be working for the Kabul government.