Kabul , Afghanistan ( CNN ) -- Afghan and NATO troops killed 10 insurgents during separate sweeps in southern and eastern Afghanistan , NATO 's International Security Assistance Force said Monday . ISAF said coalition troops spotted insurgents placing an improvised explosive device in the Musa Qal'ah district of Helmand province and killed several with small arms fire . In the Tagab district of Kapisa province , ISAF said a combined patrol of coalition and Afghan forces came under fire from insurgents . The patrol returned fire , killing and wounding what ISAF described as `` numerous '' insurgents . ISAF also said separate patrols found a number of weapons , ammunition and explosive components in caches located in eastern and southern Afghanistan . Meanwhile , one person died and 26 were injured when a car bomb exploded Monday as police were picking up their paychecks in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar , authorities said . The bomb detonated in a Toyota Corolla about 500 meters ( 1,640 feet ) from Kabul Bank , a police security director there said . The Kandahar Government Media and Information Center said the injured included 16 police and 10 civilians . CNN 's Matiullah Mati and Arwa Damon contributed to this report .
NEW : NATO and Afghan troops kill 10 insurgents . Car bomb explodes in Kandahar as police picked up their paychecks . Taliban claims responsibility for attack on a U.S. base.