Afghanistan: Fake beggar kills in suicide attack

A suicide bomb attack by a fake beggar inside a regional prosecutor’s office and a shoot-out between police and Taliban militants killed 15 people in Afghanistan on today, officials said.

The suicide bomber penetrated the office in Zaranj, the capital of the south-western province of Nimroz, said police Chief Mohammad Ayub Badakhshi. Six people died in the blast, including a provincial state lawyer.