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Afghan suicide attack kills seven | Afghan suicide attack kills seven |
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A suicide bombing targeting an Afghan provincial governor has killed his son and six bodyguards, officials say. | |
The governor of south-western Nimroz province Ghulam Dastageer was on his way to his office when he was attacked. He escaped unhurt. | |
The Taleban said they carried out the attack in which at least 15 people were injured, including four civilians. | |
Meanwhile, in Kabul, Afghan soldiers say they have foiled a suicide attack targeting a bus carrying soldiers. | |
'Civilians wounded' | |
Officials said the attacker in Nimroz detonated the explosives strapped to his body just as people were coming to work. | |
Governor Dastageer had moved inside the building housing his office shortly before the blast. | |
Kabul police show off the would-be bomber's vest of explosives | |
"Just as I got into my office today [Monday], there was a suicide attack outside the compound. Apparently I was the target of the suicide attacker," Governor Dastageer was quoted by news agency AFP as saying. | "Just as I got into my office today [Monday], there was a suicide attack outside the compound. Apparently I was the target of the suicide attacker," Governor Dastageer was quoted by news agency AFP as saying. |
Provincial police chief Mohammad Daud Askaryar said four of the wounded were civilians. | Provincial police chief Mohammad Daud Askaryar said four of the wounded were civilians. |
"The attack was aimed at creating an atmosphere of fear in our province," AFP quoted him as saying. | "The attack was aimed at creating an atmosphere of fear in our province," AFP quoted him as saying. |
The Taleban said 30 police officers had been killed or injured, and five police cars were destroyed. | |
They denied there had been any civilian casualties. | |
Violence, often blamed on Taleban militants, has been rising in Afghanistan recently although Nimroz has been relatively peaceful. | |
'Pakistani bomber' | |
In Kabul, meanwhile, Afghan soldiers said they had stopped a suicide bomber from detonating his explosives. | |
The man was apparently trying to board an army commuter bus, but soldiers became suspicious because he was not wearing a uniform or carrying army identification. | |
He was holding a mobile phone in one hand and a remote control in the other but dropped them when he was pushed off the bus, officials said. | |
Two police officers seized hold of him and took him into custody. | |
Two of the worst suicide attacks in Kabul this year have targeted army buses - in all, around 65 people were killed. |