Afghan National Civil Order Police

Twenty policemen were killed on Monday when a Taliban suicide bomber struck their base in Kabul on Monday, officials said, just days before a fresh round of international talks aimed at reviving dialogue with the Islamist group.

Officials say a twin bombing in southern Afghanistan has killed five people, three civilians whose car struck a roadside bomb and two police officers who had rushed to the scene to help the victims when the second bomb went off.

Twenty policemen were killed on Monday when a Taliban suicide bomber struck their base in Kabul on Monday, officials said, just days before a fresh round of international talks aimed at reviving dialogue with the Islamist group.

Officials say a twin bombing in southern Afghanistan has killed five people, three civilians whose car struck a roadside bomb and two police officers who had rushed to the scene to help the victims when the second bomb went off.