Two bombs in eastern Afghanistan

A suicide bomber blew himself up today in front of a vehicle carrying Afghan soldiers in eastern Afghanistan.

Four were wounded, while another blast targeting a US patrol left three civilians injured.

Mohammad Ayub, a provincial police chief, said the suicide bomber rushed on foot to the vehicle carrying Afghan troops in Khost province and sparked a blast that killed himself and wounded four of the troops.

A separate roadside bomb targeting a US patrol in Tani district of the Khost province wounded three civilians today. No US troops were injured in the blast.