Suicide bomber kills eight in Afghanistan

A suicide bomber blew himself up at a police checkpoint today in a volatile area of eastern Afghanistan, killing eight people, police said.

The bomber walked up to a checkpoint in Ali Sher district along the Pakistan border in Khost province and detonated his explosives-rigged vest, said provincial police chief General Sardar Mohammad Zazia. The policemen were searching motorists’ vehicles at the time of the explosion, he said.