Suicide attack leaves 14 dead in Afghanistan

Ahmadzia Abdulzai, a spokesman for the governor of Nangarhar province, said the bomber had rammed an explosives-packed car into the bus carrying cadets in Jalalabad city. “It was a suicide attack against a small bus carrying Afghan police, Abdulzai said.Pieces of human flesh lay on the street amid the debris, while members of the Afghan National Police and local residents carried away scorched bodies. The dead and wounded include police and civilians, Abdulzai added.Despite the presence of around 150,000 foreign troops, violence across Afghanistan last year reached its worst levels since the Taliban were overthrown in late 2001, with record casualties on all sides of the conflict.