A suicide bomber killed two police officers when he detonated his explosive-laden car in an Afghan province Saturday , a government spokesman said . The early morning explosion near the entrance of a police command in Nangarhar province wounded eight more people , said provincial spokesman Ahmadzia Abdulazai . The Taliban , who took responsibility for the attack , claimed a higher death toll . They boasted that they had killed 10 officers and wounded dozens in the area near the border with Pakistan . The Taliban and their Pakistani Taliban counterpart , Tehrik-e-Taliban , often carry out terrorist attacks in the border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan . This week , a top-level Pakistani Taliban leader was captured by U.S. forces in a military operation , a State Department spokesman said Friday . Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan confirmed its deputy chief , Latif Mehsud , was arrested in Afghanistan 's Khost province in the border region .
The Taliban claim responsibility , boast they killed 10 officers . Attack wounds eight more people , government says . This week , U.S. forces capture a high-ranking leader of the Pakistani Taliban .