Suicide attack leaves 7 dead, 12 wounded in southwestern Afghanistan

The convoy had been traveling on a main road toward the city of Khash Rod in Nimroz province Thursday when it was first hit by a remote-controlled bomb that was planted on a motorcycle, wounding one policeman, said Nimroz Gov. Ghulam Dastagir Azad.

The convoy stopped after the primary explosion, and a suicide bomber set off a secondary attack, leaving six policemen and an Indian worker dead, Azad said. Ten policemen and two Indian workers were wounded.

Insurgency-related violence in the first three days of 2008 has left at least 42 people dead, including those killed in Thursday’s suicide attack.

Afghanistan experienced a record level of violence that killed more than 6,500 people in 2007, according to an Associated Press count based on figures from Western and Afghan officials. (AP)