KABUL, Feb. 13 (Xinhuanet) -- One Afghan soldier was killed, nine others were injured Monday in three different bomb explosions in Afghanistan, Afghan officials said.

    "This afternoon at about 3 p.m. (1030 GMT) in Sawki district of the eastern Kunar province, a remote-controlled bomb exploded as an ANA (Afghan National Army) vehicle patrolling in the area was passing by. One ANA soldier was killed, five others were injured,¡± Mohammad Hassan Farahi, the chief of intelligence service of Kunartold Xinhua.

    On the same day, another bomb explosion happened in the northeastern Baghlan province, injured three persons.

    "Today the vehicle of the highway police commander hit a bomb in new Baghlan city. The explosion injured an officer and two bodyguards in the car, and the car was destroyed, but the commander is safe," Haroon Ariaee, spokesperson of Baghlan governor told Xinhua.

    "Some suspected person have been arrested because of the bomb explosion, and the investigation is still going on," he added.

    In another bomb explosion on Monday, an Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier was injured in Afghan capital Kabul, an Afghan official said.

    "This afternoon in the police district 6, Qala-e-Shirkhan area of Kabul, an ANA vehicle hit a remote-controlled bomb explosion. One ANA soldier was injured," district chief of Kabul Gen. Haider told Xinhua.

    "The bomb was installed under a telephone pole, and was exploded when the vehicle was passing by," he added.

¡¡¡¡Taliban militants, vowed to continue the holy war until the withdrawal of all the foreign troops, intensified the attacks since early last year, during which over 1,600 persons have been killed in the Taliban-linked militancy. Enditem