KABUL, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Two explosions in Afghanistan's eastern Khost province wounded 10 persons including nine civilians on Monday, officials said.

    In the first explosion, a suicide car bomb went off close to international troops outside Khost city, the capital of Khost province, injuring nine people including five children, press department of US.-led coalition forces in the province told media.

    The four more suffered injuries in the blast were also civilians, the source added.

    These people, according to the sources, were visiting the local health clinic when the blast occurred.

    A senior police officer in Khost city Amir Hassan also confirmed the blast but declined to give details.

    In another incident, a roadside bomb struck a police van in Khost city, wounding one police officer, head of crime department of police Mohammad Guldad told Xinhua.

    No group or individuals have claimed responsibility for the attacks. However, Taliban fighters who staged a violent comeback three years often carry out such attacks against Afghan and international troops' interests.

    Conflicts and Taliban-linked insurgency have left more than 5,000 people dead with some 2,000 civilians and 294 foreign troops in 2008, despite some 70,000-strong international troops stationed in militancy-plagued Afghanistan.