Kabul, May 10 (Xinhua) A suicide bombing has killed three civilians and injured seven in eastern Afghanistan’s Paktika province, media reports said Thursday.
The explosion occurred in Barmal district bordering Pakistan on Wednesday, district chief Azizullah Hayayee was quoted as saying.
The bomber detonated himself in a market after he failed to reach a base of the US-led coalition forces, Hayayee said. He added that three of the injured were in a critical condition.
A purported Taliban spokesperson claimed responsibility for the attack, saying the bomber named Abdullah was from the eastern Khost province.
Due to rising Taliban-linked insurgency, over 1,200 persons, mostly Taliban militants, have been killed in Afghanistan this year.