Kapisa suicide bombing claims 3 people

Three people were killed and four others wounded in a suicide car bombing in the Tagab district of central Kapisa province on Friday, an official said. Qais Qadiri, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the bomber was a car driver detonated his explosive vest in Titarkhel area in the afternoon. He said a woman and her son travelling in the car were killed and four others wounded as a result of the blast. The driver set off his suicide vest when police stopped the vehicle at a checkpoint in the area. The injured were rushed to a health facility of French forces before being taken to the a US military airbase in Bagram, the gubernatorial spokesman explained. Meanwhile, the provincial police chief, Brig. Gen. Faqir Ahmad Siddiqui, said they had received an intelligence tip-off regarding Taliban’s plan to conduct attacks in Mahmood Raqi — the provincial capital. Subsequently, he said tight security measures had been put in place. He said one policeman was among the wounded, but his injuries were not life-threatening.