Kabul, Rajab 24, 1434, Jun 3, 2013, SPA - Afghan police say a suicide bomber has killed nine school pupils and a policeman outside a market in the country's east. They say the attacker was targeting a passing U.S. military patrol but it was unclear if there were any American casualties, according to a report of the Associated Press. Gen. Zelmia Oryakhail, provincial police chief of Paktia province, said the bomber was on a motorbike and detonated his explosives at midday Monday outside the market in Samkani district as the American forces passed. He said a local school had just let students out for lunch. He said 15 other students were wounded. --SPA 11:36 LOCAL TIME 08:36 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/1116585