Eight Afghan civilians and two NATO soldiers were killed in separate attacks in the war torn country on Thursday

Eight Afghan civilians and two NATO soldiers were killed in separate attacks in the war torn country on Thursday.

The civilians died in the northern province of Faryab when their mini-van struck a home-made bomb of the kind widely used by Taliban militants in attacks aimed at military forces.

"Eight civilians, including a woman and child, were killed and six others wounded," provincial police chief, Abdul Khaliq Aqsai told AFP, adding that a police convoy had been passing as the bomb exploded.

Meanwhile, another bomb attacks killed two NATO soldiers in eastern and southern Afghanistan on Thursday, the military said, giving no further details.