DHAKA: A suicide attack in Afghanistan targeting a senior government official has killed one civilian and injured several others in Kabul.

Police say, reports the BBC.

But Mohammed Masoom Stanikzai, an adviser to the government body tasked with conducting peace talks with the Taliban, escaped unhurt.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but Taliban militants have recently launched a series of attacks.

Meanwhile, three US soldiers were killed in southern Afghanistan.

The Nato-led Isaf force said the soldiers, and a military dog, died ‘following an improvised explosive device attack’ on Friday.

Local Afghan officials were quoted as saying the explosion happened in the Nad Ali district of Helmand province.

BDST: 1443 HRS, JUNE 21, 2014