17 Killed In Taliban Attack On Bathhouse

A Taliban suicide bomber has attacked a bathhouse in southern Afghanistan's Kandahar province, the Press Association (U.K.) reports.

At least 17 people were killed in Friday's attack in Spin Boldak, including a senior border patrol officer. Twenty-three others were wounded in the explosion, said security officials.

The town is situated some 70 mi (110 km) east of Kandahar.

The police officer was the target, said a Taliban spokesman. A local Afghan intelligence source told...