HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide blast killed 18 police and civilians on Thursday in Afghanistan's western province of Farah, officials said.
The incident occurred in a bazaar near a police station inDel Aram district of Farah, they said.
"So far, 18 people, including police and civilians, havebeen killed," Farah's governor Rohul Amin told Reuters byphone.
(Writing by Sayed Salahuddin; Editing by David Fogarty)