Suicide attacks kill 18 in Afghanistan April 10, 2012 -- Updated 1219 GMT (2019 HKT) The two attacks on government facilities wounded 27 others, authorities say Many of the dead were police officers, officials say Fourteen people were killed in Herat province attack, four in Helmand province Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Suicide attacks on government facilities in western and southern Afghanistan Tuesday killed at least 18 people and wounded 27 others, authorities said. Many of the dead were police officers. The first attack took place outside the administrator's office in the Guzara district of western Herat province when a pair of suicide bombers in an SUV tried to enter the compound, according to Saeed Agha Saqib, the provincial police chief. The bombers detonated their explosives when security forces wouldn't let them through. The blast killed 14 people, including three police officers, and wounded 22 others, Saqib said. In southern Helmand province, a trio of suicide bombers attacked the office of the police chief of Musa Qala district, according to Dawood Ahmadi, a spokesman for Helmand's governor. Two of the bombers were able to blow themselves up. The third was killed by police. That attack killed four police officers and wounded five people, including the police chief, Ahmadi said. Slaughter in Afghanistan March 23, 2012 -- Updated 0218 GMT (1018 HKT) Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales will be charged with 17 counts of murder and six counts of assault and attempted murder, a U.S. official said. March 22, 2012 -- Updated 1253 GMT (2053 HKT) His lawyer says Sgt. Robert Bales may have post-traumatic stress disorder or a brain injury. What's the link between violence and those disorders? March 21, 2012 -- Updated 1101 GMT (1901 HKT) Robert Bales' attorney says he's in shock and worried about family as he stands accused of killing Afghan civilians. An Army soldier accused of killing Afghan civilians was not drunk but doesn't remember what happened and is in shock, his lawyer said. March 19, 2012 -- Updated 1747 GMT (0147 HKT) CNN's Suzanne Malveaux talks with Dean Obeidallah, who wrote an op-ed on the Afghan Massacre Victims March 19, 2012 -- Updated 1235 GMT (2035 HKT) Video: Afghan President Hamid Karzai cast doubt on the U.S. account of a shooting rampage after meeting with the families of victims. A retired U.S. general suggested the fallout from the massacre could lead to American troops' beginning to return home within weeks. March 20, 2012 -- Updated 1046 GMT (1846 HKT) CNN's Dan Simon has new details about alleged killer Staff Sgt. Robert. Bales' financial troubles and his prior arrest. March 20, 2012 -- Updated 0022 GMT (0822 HKT) Shocked friends of Staff Sgt. Robert Bales say he was passionately committed to serving his country and cared deeply for others. March 19, 2012 -- Updated 0148 GMT (0948 HKT) Video: Witnesses offer accounts of the massacre in Kandahar; Taliban tells why it suspended peace talks. Sara Sidner reports. March 19, 2012 -- Updated 1500 GMT (2300 HKT) Video: CNN's Dan Simon visits the former U.S. home of Staff Sgt. Robert Bales to learn more about the accused shooter. March 17, 2012 -- Updated 0044 GMT (0844 HKT) The attorney representing Staff Sgt. Robert Bales is a pugnacious trial lawyer who doesn't shy from the hardest cases.