KABUL (AP) — An Afghan police official says the death toll from a suicide bombing in western Afghanistan has increased to 13.
Chief of police of Farah province, Gen. Mohammad Faqir Askar, says the suicide bomber was on a motorcycle and blew himself up in a crowded square near a bus station. Thirty people were wounded.
Askar says the dead included one police officer and many of the wounded were children.
Provincial governor Rohul Amin says Friday's deadly blast occurred about 50 meters (55 yards) from his compound.
