Suicide bomber kills police commander

PESHAWAR: A suicide attack on Thursday killed a senior police officer and wounded his bodyguard in the northwestern city of Peshawar, police said.

"Police Superintendent Kalam Khan died in the blast and his driver and a guard were injured," police officer Tahir Ayub said.

"The bomber came on foot and detonated explosives strapped to his body near Khan's jeep," bomb disposal squad chief Hukum Khan said.

"We have found the bomber's head," he added.

The incident took place on a road under construction in Pishta Khara that meant Khan's car had to drive slowly, police said.

Khan had been on his way to work in the suburban town of Badaber, where a suicide attack killed 15 people at a funeral on Sunday.