At least nine people were killed and 22 wounded when two suicide bombers rammed a vehicle into a government compound near the western Afghan city of Herat on Tuesday

At least nine people were killed and 22 wounded when two suicide bombers rammed a vehicle into a government compound near the western Afghan city of Herat on Tuesday, officials said.
  
Provincial police chief Sayed Agha Saqeb told reporters that the bombers were being pursued by police when they detonated the vehicle at the entrance to the Guzara district compound along the road from the airport to the city.
  
"Nine people are dead. The car was under our surveillance. It was ordered twice to stop but they didn't stop," said the police chief. "There were two individuals in the car, one was wearing a burqa. One of the bombers is totally shattered and the other person's body is still there with his (suicide) vest still unexploded."
  
The dead included two policemen, an intelligence officer and six civilians, the police chief said. A government official in the capital Kabul confirmed the death toll and said 22 others were injured in the bombing.
  
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told AFP most of the casualties were civilians who had come to the local administration offices on business.