Thursday, January 31, 2008
Suicide bomber attacks mosque in Afghanistan (4:55 p.m.)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a mosque in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing at least six people and wounding 11 others, including a deputy provincial governor, officials said.
The bomber struck in Helmand province's capital of Lashkar Gah, said provincial police chief Mohammad Hussein Andiwal.
Among those badly wounded was Helmand's deputy governor, Pir Mohammad, a tribal leader and a police official. (AP) |
