Suicide attack on Afghan cops kills 6

A suicide car bomb attack on a bus carrying police officers and workers in central Afghanistan killed at least six people and wounded dozens yesterday, officials said. The Taliban-claimed blast happened as the bus entered a police compound in the Wardak provincial capital of Maidan Shar, provincial police spokesman Hekmatullah Durrani told AFP. Six bodies and 31 wounded had been taken to hospitals in the city, health director Salim Asgharkhil said.