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Three separate explosions have left at least ten people dead and dozens wounded in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, local officials say.

Two of the blasts occurred in a span of minutes during a "dog fighting contest" in Arghandab district at 12:00 p.m. local time on Sunday and killed eight civilians and two policemen, a Press TV correspondent reported.

According to the report, the injured people have been rushed to a local hospital.

The third blast rocked a convoy of tanks of US-led troops in another district of Kandahar province at 12:30 p.m. local time.

The Press TV correspondent further added that the foreign troops "suffered casualties" in the attack.

Witness also said that a number of US-led soldiers "were killed or wounded" in the bombing.

According to local medics, a child was also wounded by the bomb blast.

The Afghan interior ministry said last month that last year saw an increase in the number of civilians' deaths since the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.

The ministry stated that more than 2,000 civilians lost their lives in violence across Afghanistan, making 2010 the deadliest year ever for civilian casualties in the war-hit country.

The surge in violence comes despite the presence of 150,000 foreign troops, which are engaged in the so-called war on terrorism. The war in Afghanistan, with civilian and military casualties at record highs, has become the longest war in US history.