Car bomb kills 13 in Afghanistan

A suicide car bomber detonated his explosives at a busy checkpoint in central Afghanistan, killing at least 13 people on Thursday, an official said. The Taliban insurgents quickly claimed responsibility for the attack. Six police were killed along with seven civilians at the entry gate into Panjshir province, said Najim Khan, provincial deputy police chief of police. Most of the civilians killed were in a bus waiting to be searched at the checkpoint, which marks the entrance into Panjshir from Parwan province, he said, according to a news agency.