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May 16, 2008 By Sharafuddin Sharafyar, Reuters
HERAT, Afghanistan - A suicide bomber disguised in a burqa blew himself up in a bazaar in western Afghanistan yesterday, killing six police and 12 civilians, officials said.
Twenty-two people were wounded in the blast, which happened near a police station in the Del Aram district of Farah province. The policemen were inspecting vehicles on the road outside at the time.
"So far, 18 people, including police and civilians, have been killed," Farah's governor Rohul Amin told Reuters by telephone.
Citing officials near the site, Amin said the bomber was wearing the all-enveloping burqa commonly worn by Afghan women.
President Hamid Karzai who has been leading Afghanistan since the Taliban's removal in 2001, condemned the attack.
Karzai said it was "obscene" that the bomber had used a burqa as a disguise.
"The enemies of Afghanistan, by misusing the women's veil, put on display their unmanliness," Karzai was quoted in a palace statement.
May 16, 2008 By Sharafuddin Sharafyar, Reuters
HERAT, Afghanistan - A suicide bomber disguised in a burqa blew himself up in a bazaar in western Afghanistan yesterday, killing six police and 12 civilians, officials said.
Twenty-two people were wounded in the blast, which happened near a police station in the Del Aram district of Farah province. The policemen were inspecting vehicles on the road outside at the time.
"So far, 18 people, including police and civilians, have been killed," Farah's governor Rohul Amin told Reuters by telephone.
Citing officials near the site, Amin said the bomber was wearing the all-enveloping burqa commonly worn by Afghan women.
President Hamid Karzai who has been leading Afghanistan since the Taliban's removal in 2001, condemned the attack.
Karzai said it was "obscene" that the bomber had used a burqa as a disguise.
"The enemies of Afghanistan, by misusing the women's veil, put on display their unmanliness," Karzai was quoted in a palace statement.