In Kabul a suicide bomber killed himself and 17 others, including a senior border police commander, in an attack on Friday in a crowded bathhouse in the southern town of Spin Boldak, New York Times reports.
“A suicide bomber entered a local bathhouse and detonated his bombvest at around 11:30 this morning,” said Abdul Ghani, the district governor of Spin Boldak. “The target was a border police commander, Haji Ramzan Aka. He was killed in the attack.”
Afghan officials said that Mr. Aka was the commander of the border police quick reaction force. Media reports put the number of wounded at around 20.
A Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility for the attack.
