Afghan suicide attack kills 18 - CNN International

Adjust font size: LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (AP) -- A suicide bomber struck outside the compound of a southern Afghan provincial governor on Tuesday, killing 18 people and wounding 17, officials said. The attacker was stopped by Afghan soldiers at the compound's first security gate where he detonated his suicide vest, Ghulam Muhiddin, spokesman for the Helmand provincial governor, said. Nine Afghan soldiers and nine civilians were killed, said Rahmatullah Mohammdi, director of the hospital in Lashkar ...