Suicide bomb attack kills 5 policemen in southern Afghanistan

A suicide bomber on a motorcycle blew himself up next to the convoy of a border police commander Tuesday in southern Afghanistan, killing five police, said the commander who survived the attack.

The attacker was wearing an explosive vest and struck the convoy in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province, wounding three other policemen and a civilian, said border security commander Abdul Raziq Khan. Khan said he was not hurt. (AP)