Suicide bomber targets Afghanistan's IEC office, six injured: Officials

Devdiscourse News Desk| Kabul | Afghanistan

Updated: 29-10-2018 10:44 IST | Created: 29-10-2018 10:14 IST

A suicide attacker on foot blew himself up near a vehicle as it entered the head office of Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Monday, wounding at least six people, officials said.

"The explosion happened 20 metres from the vehicles of the IEC employees," Kabul police spokesman Basir Mujahid told AFP.

Four IEC employees and two police were wounded, he said.

(With inputs from agencies.)

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