Bomber targets Afghan soldiers, workers

A suicide bomber attacked a group of foreign construction workers and Afghan soldiers in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, injuring one civilian, a police official said.

The blast went off south of Qalat, the capital of Zabul province, killing the bomber, said Muhammmad Asif, a police official. None of the foreigners or Afghan soldiers was wounded, but a passerby was hurt in the blast, he said.

The foreigners were working on the construction of a building to be used by Afghan security forces, he said.

Asif could not say what nationality the foreigners were or the name of the company they worked for.

On Saturday, a mine blast in another southern province destroyed a police vehicle, wounding two Afghan border policemen, said Raziq Khan, a border police official.

The blast occurred in Spin Boldak area of Kandahar province and Khan blamed Taliban militants for planting the mine on the road.