Ten men alleged to be responsible for the recent deadly bombings in southern Afghanistan on three consecutive days have been arrested, Kandahar Gov. Asadullah Khalid says.

Men who were allegedly involved in a suicide bombing that killed more than 100 people Sunday in Kandahar are lined up against a wall shortly after their arrest in Kandahar province on Thursday.
(Allauddin Khan/Associated Press)

At least four suspects were arrested in the Arghandab district, while others were detained at different locations, Khalid said, adding that among the arrested is the man believed to be the mastermind behind the attacks.

He said local civilians helped the government identify four of the suspects.

The men were found with four AK-47s, bomb-making materials and motorcycles, Khalid said.

On Sunday, more than 100 people were killed in a suicide bombing at an outdoor dog-fighting competition in Kandahar.

The next day, at least 38 civilians were killed in a suicide car bombing that targeted a Canadian convoy in southern Afghanistan. Four Canadian soldiers were slightly wounded in the attack at a busy market in the town of Spin Boldak.

On Tuesday, at least one person was killed and four others wounded when a car bomb exploded near a police compound in Kandahar province, the third bombing in three days.

Meanwhile, Afghan and NATO-led troops killed two regional Taliban commanders in southern Afghanistan, and an explosion in the same province claimed the life of a British soldier, officials said Thursday.

Afghan police officials survey damage after a car bomb explosion in Kandahar on Tuesday.
(A.R. Khan/Canadian Press)

The joint NATO-Afghan forces killed commander Mullah Abdul Matin and his associate, Mullah Karim Agha, in the southern province of Helmand on Monday, the alliance said in a statement.

NATO said Matin and Agha were behind several suicide bombings in Helmand, the world's largest opium-producing region.

The Taliban did not immediately confirm the deaths.

Elsewhere in Helmand, an explosion killed a British soldier and wounded another Wednesday, Britain's Ministry of Defence said in London. It said the wounded soldier was treated for minor injuries.

The blast hit as a British patrol was trying to disrupt Taliban activity, the ministry said in a statement. The cause of the explosion was not immediately known, it said.

With files from the Canadian Press and the Associated Press