Suicide attack kills 4 in Afghanistan

Officer, passers-by also injured in attack on police vehicle in Helmand

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updated 3:11 a.m. ET April 4, 2008

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A suicide bomber blew himself up near a police vehicle Friday in volatile southern Afghanistan, killing three policemen and a civilian, a police official said.

The attack happened on the outskirts of Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand province, and also wounded a policeman and two passers-by, said provincial police chief Mohammad Hussein Andiwal.

Helmand is the biggest opium poppy-producing region in the world and has seen some of the heaviest fighting between international troops and insurgents.

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In eastern Kunar province, a truck supplying fuel to NATO troops hit a roadside bomb that killed the Afghan driver Thursday, said a statement from NATO's International Security Assistance Force. No NATO service members were hurt in the attack.