Suicide bomber kills eight, wounds 13 in Afghan capital

Officials investigate at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul [courtesy]

A suicide bomber killed eight people and wounded 13 on Wednesday in an attack on a bus carrying military personnel in the Afghan capital, Kabul, officials said.

The explosion happened in the heavily secured downtown area near Kabul University at a time of increasing attacks by the Taliban and other insurgents around Afghanistan, where the outcome of a presidential election is still not known.