KABUL: Eight children and a policeman were killed in a suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, officials said, adding the target of the strike was Afghan and international forces.
“A suicide attacker blew up his explosives on a road beside a joint patrol of Afghan police and international forces in the city of Khost,” the provincial governor of Khost said in a statement.
The police officer had died when he grabbed the attacker, police said.
“A suicide attacker wanted to target a joint patrol in Khost city, but he was identified and grabbed by a policeman,” Sardar, the head of Khost rapid reaction police unit, who only uses one name, said. “The attacker detonated himself killing the policeman and eight children. Two children were also wounded.”
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