A suicide bomber has killed at least seven people in an attack on a restaurant situated in south-eastern Afghanistan. Twenty people are seriously injured in the attack.
The attack took place in the Urgun district of Paktika province, which shares its border with that of Pakistan.
Governor Mohammed Akram Akhpelwak said that most of those killed are civilians. He added that intention of the attack could have been to target a senior provincial official and an Afghan special forces commander.
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Suicide bomber strikes Afghanistan restaurant