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Afghan police hit by bomb attack | |
(about 2 hours later) | |
At least five policeman and two civilians have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in western Afghanistan. | |
A police official in Farah province said a woman on foot had carried out the attack. | |
The target was the police station in a town in Farah which borders both Helmand and Herat provinces. | |
The Taleban claimed responsibility, saying the target was a police commander. The interior ministry condemned the attack. | |
Problems in west | |
The attacker struck at 0900 local time. The police station is in the bazaar. More than 25 people were injured. | |
A provincial police official said the suicide bomber was a woman wearing a burka and she had explosives strapped to her body. | |
Suicide attacks are now common across Afghanistan but there are signs that security is deteriorating in the west. | |
Herat has recently seen a large number of kidnappings of Afghan businessmen and members of their families with criminals rather than insurgents suspected. | |
On the provinces bordering Helmand have also suffered from suicide attacks and bombings, which usually target Afghan security forces. | |