Suicide bomber kills 5 in western Afghanistan

September 11, 2012 03:44 pm | Updated November 16, 2021 11:03 pm IST - KABUL

Afghan police say a suicide bomber has blown himself up in western Afghanistan, killing five civilians.

Noor Khan Nikzad, a spokesman for the police chief in Herat province, says the Tuesday afternoon explosion in Kushki Kuhna district also wounded six civilians.

Western Afghanistan is one of the more peaceful areas of the country but it has been the scene of a rising number of attacks in recent years.

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