6 killed in Kabul suicide attack

A suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance of the interior ministry in central Kabul on Wednesday, killing at least six police officers just three days before the presidential election, officials said. Afghanistan is on high alert after Taliban insurgents vowed to target officials, election staff and voters in a campaign of violence to demonstrate their opposition to the US-backed polls. "The suicide attacker wearing a military uniform detonated himself near the gate of the ministry killing six policeman," interior ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said, according to AFP.