Suicide attack kills 7 civilians in Afghanistan

Suicide attack kills 7 civilians in Afghanistan



KANDAHAR: At least seven Afghan civilians were killed on Wednesday when a suicide bomber blew himself up

close to where government officials were distributing aid to people in a town in Afghanistan's southern Helmand

province, a provincial official said. Five people were wounded in the attack in Babaji, outside Lashkar Gah,

Helmand's provincial capital, said Dawood Ahmadi, a spokesman for Helmand's governor. Ahmadi did not know if

any officials were among the casualties.Provincial government spokesman Daoud Ahmadi said people hadgathered

in the area to receive free seeds from the government aspart of a program to encourage them not to plant opium

poppy