Afghan MP Shukria Barakzai survives car attack

A suicide bomber has targeted a prominent female Afghan politician, killing three civilians and wounding at least 30 others in an attack on a Kabul convoy.

Shukria Barakzai, a women's rights advocate and ally of new Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, was slightly injured in the attack.

She was travelling in a convoy on the way to parliament when a car reportedly tried to ram her vehicle, and the attacker detonated explosives,