KABUL, March 1: A bomb targeting a provincial police chief's vehicle in western Afghanistan killed two people and wounded 53 on Thursday while authorities found the bullet-riddled body of a kidnapped doctor.

The remotely detonated bomb exploded in the centre of the town of Farah, capital of the province of the same name, at a point where labourers had gathered for day work, they said.

Two civilians were killed, the Farah hospital director, Mohammad Qasim, said.

“Fifty-three injured people came to the hospital.—AFP