In Afghanistan, a suicide bomber killed three people near a cricket stadium in capital Kabul when a cricket match was under way inside the stadium.<br/><br/>The attacker detonated the bomb after he was stopped at a security checkpoint as he walked towards the stadium. Police spokesman Basir Mujahid told AFP, the security forces by sacrificing themselves have prevented the attacker from reaching the crowd inside the stadium and creating a catastrophe. The dead included a policeman.<br/><br/>Five others including two police officers were injured. He Farid Hotak, a spokesman for the Afghanistan Cricket Board said game was briefly interrupted. All players and cricket board officials are reported safe.