A suicide bomber on Sunday attacked the vehicle convoy of a prominent female Afghan MP near the parliament in Kabul, killing three civilians and injuring 22 others

A suicide bomber on Sunday attacked the vehicle convoy of a prominent female Afghan MP near the parliament in Kabul, killing three civilians and injuring 22 others, officials said.
  
The blast, in which the attacker detonated an explosives-packed car, badly damaged Shukria Barakzai's vehicle and shattered nearby windows on the main road in the west of the city.
  
Television footage showed a clearly shaken Barakzai walking away from her wrecked car while other passengers were covered in blood. "(She) is fine and suffers small injuries," interior ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said via Twitter. "Three people (were) martyred and 22 people injured."
  
Barakzai is a renowned campaigner for women's rights in Afghanistan, a stance that attracts fierce opposition from many Islamist groups and conservatives. She has spoken about receiving regular death threats, but there was no immediate claim of responsibility for Sunday's blast.
  
Shinkay Karokhil, another female MP, told AFP: "The target was a convoy of MPs who were driving toward the parliament. Shukria Barakzai was affected by the attack but she is fine."
  
The blast came the day after President Ashraf Ghani completed a two-day visit to neighboring Pakistan, which is blamed for sheltering insurgent leaders behind many of the attacks in Afghanistan. Ghani said improved relations with Pakistan could help security in the troubled region as US-led NATO combat troops leave Afghanistan after more than a decade of fighting the Taliban.
  
Barakzai is a close supporter of Ghani, who has stressed the need to advance women's rights since he came to power in September. The president issued a statement condemning the attack as a "heinous act against all Islamic and Afghani values".