WORLD BRIEFING / AFGHANISTAN

Six Afghan civilians, including two women and two children, were killed in a suicide bomb attack near the main base for U.S.-led troops in Afghanistan, the Interior Ministry said.

The attack was near Bagram airfield, about 25 miles north of the capital, Kabul, said Interior Ministry spokesman Zemaray Bashary.

The civilians were traveling in a car on a road in the Sayad area north of Bagram, Bashary said.

There were no details about the intended target or if the bomber was on foot or had used a car.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombing.

In the southern province of Helmand, British forces said they had killed a senior Taliban commander believed to be responsible for a series of suicide attacks against British and Afghan troops.