8 killed in Taliban suicide attack on Afghan police station

Kandahar: At least eight people were killed and many others wounded after a Taliban suicide car bombing struck a district police station in Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Friday, the police said. The attack occurred around 4.30 a.m. when a Taliban suicide bomber drove a hijacked explosive-laden military vehicle into the Maywand district police station, an Afghan police official told Xinhua news agency. The death toll included seven policemen and the suicide bomber. Eight police personnel were wounded.