Suicide attack hits Herat in west Afghanistan, killing attacker

HEART: A suicide attack hits Herat province, 640 km west of capital city Kabul on Tuesday, leaving the attacker dead and injured two civilians, an official said.

"A suicide bomber riding an explosive-laden car blew himself up next a convoy of police this morning, leaving himself dead and injuring two civilians," spokesman for provincial administration Mahiuding Nuri said.

Foreign trainers of police were in the convoy, he further said.

Earlier police spokesman in western region Abdul Rauf Ahmadi told Xinhua that the bomber blew himself up next to a convoy of NATO-led troops in Ahmadabad area outside provincial capital the Herat city, leaving himself dead.

There were no casualties on military, Ahmadi emphasized.

Taliban militants fighting Afghan and NATO-led troops have yet to make comment.

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