Source: Associated Press

Suicide bomber kills 13 in western Afghanistan
By AMIR SHAH (Associated Press Writer)
From Associated Press
November 20, 2009 3:17 AM EST

KABUL - A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle killed 13 people, including a police officer, and wounded 30 others Friday in a busy city square in western Afghanistan.

Several children were among those wounded in the morning explosion, said a doctor at the hospital in Farah city, Shir Agh Asas. Afghan police shouted "Stop! Stop!" at the motorcyclist before he detonated the explosives, provincial police chief Gen. Mohammad Faqir Askar said.

Provincial governor Rohul Amin said the deadly blast occurred about 50 meters (55 yards) from his compound in a crowded square in the city of Farah.

"These days Taliban are causing high casualties because the foreign forces and Afghan forces have been conducting operations against the insurgency in the region," Askar said.

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