10 troops killed in Afghan bombing

KABUL: An Afghan journalist who has long received death threats was seriously wounded in a bombing in the country’s south, while in the western province of Farah, the Taliban stormed an army checkpoint and killed 10 s ol di e r s , of f i c i al s s ai d on Wednesday.

Also in Farah, a local official was gunned down outside his home on Wednesday, a councilman said. The attacks were the latest violence in war-torn Afghanistan even as the Taliban and the US concluded another round of negotiations held in Qatar, with both sides reporting progress in the talks. AP