In Afghanistan, at least 10 labourers were killed and 30 injured when the vehicle they were traveling blew up after it hit a roadside bomb in southern Kandahar province on Tuesday. Dr. Qayoum Pakhla, the Director of Kandahar Hospital, said workers were on their way to their work of clearing the streams and rivers in the southern province. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack so far. Usually the Taliban plant such bombs to target security personnel. Only on Monday, Five foreign soldiers were killed in two such attacks. In another incident, the Afghan Deputy Chief of the National Directorate for Security, Ahmad Ziad survived an attempted suicide bombing by the Taliban near Kabul. A police statement, said Ahmad Ziad's bodyguards opened fire on a suspicious sport utility vehicle coming at the convoy Tuesday morning. The gunfire wounded the driver of the suspect vehicle laden with explosives bringing it to a halt. AIR correspondent reports, the driver was arrested and hospitalized, investigations are on.