Afghan soldiers take part in a graduation ceremony at Kabul Military Training Center (KMTC) in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, Sept. 16, 2019. A total of 1,154 newly graduated Afghan soldiers joined the country's national army on Monday, an army source said. (Photo: Xinhua)

 
At least eight Afghan soldiers and an assailant were killed in a suicide car bomb blast in the country's southern province of Helmand on Monday, provincial sources said.