A suicide car bomb on Wednesday rocked Lashkar Gah city, the capital of Helmand province 555 km south of Kabul, leaving the bomber dead and six others injured, provincial police chief Kamaludin Shirzad said. "A terrorist driving an explosive-laden car blew himself up at 10:00 a.m. local time in Lashkar Gah city, wounding six people including a police constable and five civilians,"Shirzad told Xinhua.
Three children are among those received injuries, he said, adding the attacker was also killed in the blast.
He blamed the attack on enemies of peace, a term used by Afghan officials against Taliban. But the outfit fighting Afghan and NATO- led troops have yet to make comment.
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