Noor Mohammad/AFP/Getty Images - Afghan policemen investigate at the scene of a suicide attack in Helmand province on Thursday. A suicide car bomber attacked a NATO armored vehicle in the southern city of Lashkar Gah, killing at least four civilians and wounding 31 others.
KABUL — Three Afghan civilians were killed Thursday when a suicide bomber targeted a convoy of the NATO-led force in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province, according to officials.
A female civilian official from the coalition and 30 Afghan civilians were hurt in the attack, in which the bomber used a vehicle outside the governor’s compound in Lashkar Gah, Helmand’s provincial capital.
The incident is the latest in a spate of such attacks the militants have unleashed in recent weeks despite signaling a willingness to engage in talks with the United States, which leads the war in Afghanistan.
The rise in such attacks is sharply high this winter in comparison with many recent winters, when violence and fighting usually subside in Afghanistan.
“Several vehicles in the convoy were damaged. Three local civilians lost their lives and 31 others including a female non-combatant in the convoy were hurt,” Daoud Ahmadi, a spokesman for Helmand’s governor said by phone.
In Kabul, an official at the public affairs office for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, or ISAF, confirmed the incident, but had no further details. A spokesman for the Taliban-led insurgents said the strike was conducted by a member of the group.
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