CNN REPORTS: SUICIDE CYCLIST HITS AFGHANISTAN

The wars in the Middle East have shifted from Iraq to Afghanistan where violence is escalating.

A suicide cyclist killed two people and injured 12 others in an attack in Afghanistan.

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Suicide bomber detonates explosives near German Embassy car in Kabul
Not clear if the German ambassador was in the car
Afghan, U.S. operation targets militants linked to radical Haqqani network
17 militants killed, 10 captured in incidents to south and east of Kabul

(CNN) -- A suicide bomber on a bicycle detonated explosives Sunday near a car from the German Embassy in Kabul, a local police official said.

Two people were killed and three were injured, said Ali Shah Paktiawal, the police chief in charge of investigations for the city of Kabul.

The German embassy car was slightly damaged, but the occupants were not hurt.
It is not clear if the German ambassador was in the car. Watch more about the attack »

The attack took place shortly after U.S. and Afghan forces announced they had killed 17 people they called "armed militants" in Afghanistan, and detained another 10.

One person was killed and 10 seized in one incident in Zadran district, south of Kabul, while 16 were killed in a second encounter in Sorobi district, east of the capital.

The Zadran operation Saturday targeted a militant associated with the radical Haqqani network who assisted foreign fighters, the joint statement said.

He is thought "to coordinate and assist with the movement of Islamic Jihadist Union (IJU) and other foreign fighters into Afghanistan." He was among the 10 people detained, according to the statement.