KABUL, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- In the latest wave of violence in Afghanistan, a suicide bomber targeted Afghan border police in eastern Khost province Thursday, killing one policeman and wounding five others, provincial police chief General Mohammad Ayub said.

    "The bomber strapping explosive device on his body rammed intoa police van south of the Khost city at around noon, killing one police and wounded five others," Ayub told Xinhua.

    The attacker was also killed in the explosion, he added.

    It is the second suicide bombing in a single day on Thursday. Asimilar attack in the southern Helmand province left two children dead and wounded nine others, including two NATO soldiers.

    Suicide bombings have claimed the lives of more than 200 people mostly civilians since the beginning of this year in Afghanistan.

    More than 2,400 people mostly militants have been killed in the post-Taliban nation so far this year. Enditem