Two Indian engineers killed in Afghan suicide blast: governor

A suicide bomber blew himself up near a convoy of Indian roadworkers in southwestern Afghanistan killing two Indian engineers and injuring several people.

HERAT, AFGHANISTAN: A suicide bomber blew himself up near a convoy of Indian roadworkers in southwestern Afghanistan Saturday, killing two Indian engineers and injuring several people, a governor said.

"There was a suicide attack against Indian roadworkers who were working on a bridge. Two Indian engineers were killed. Several other people including three Indians were injured," provincial governor Ghulam Dastgir Azad said.

The bombing in Nimroz province follows a suicide car bombing in the southern province of Kandahar which killed eight civilians on Thursday.
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