Afghan bombs kill 14: officials

KABUL: Two separate blasts in southern Afghanistan killed 14 people, including a group of insurgents who were trying to rig an improvised bomb against Afghan and foreign forces, officials said Tuesday.

In the volatile Nawzad district of Helmand province a group of seven Taliban militants died while trying to cut a pipe bomb and fit it into a vehicle on Monday, provincial spokesman Daud Ahmadi told.

"The explosive-packed pipe detonated killing a Taliban commander along with six of his fighters," he said. (AFP)