Elderly bomber kills Afghan policeman

KHOST (AFP) - An elderly man, who appeared to have difficulty in walking, blew himself up and killed a policeman who was helping him in Afghanistan on Thursday, a local official said.
The suicide bombing happened outside the offices of the Governor of the eastern province of Paktika, a day after 26 people died in multiple Taliban attacks on the capital Kabul.
Police at the entrance to the Governor’s office were assisting the man, who had trouble walking, when he set off explosives strapped to his body, provincial spokesman Hameedullah Zohak told AFP.
One policeman died and five were wounded, one critically, in the suicide blast, he said.
Separately, a group claiming to be Taliban said that they fired four rockets Wednesday night at a government compound near the western city of Herat. There were no casualties, officials said.