KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, July 13, SPA -- A suicide bomber on amotorcycle blew himself up next to a police patrol insouthern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing 24 people,including 19 civilians, said a provincial police chief. The attack in the southern province of Uruzgan also killedfive police officers and wounded more than 30 others, Juma Gul Himat was quoted as saying by the Associated Press. The bomber struck the police patrol at a busy intersectionof Deh Rawood district, Himat said. The bombing alsodamaged or destroyed about nine shops in the area, he said.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/573356