Afghan police kill would-be bank bomber

KABUL: Police shot dead a would-be suicide bomber before he could detonate his explosives at a bank in eastern Afghanistan , officials said.

Officers are hunting a second attacker who also tried to target a branch of the Kabul Bank in Khost city.

"A suicide bomber was killed by police before entering Kabul Bank in Khost. He did not detonate. One guard was wounded in the incident," the interior ministry said in a statement.

"A suicide bomber was shot dead by police before reaching his target in front of the Kabul Bank branch in Khost city," Khost provincial police spokesman Zirat Gul Mangal said.

"A second bomber is at large in the city and a massive operation is under way to hunt him down."