A SUICIDE attacker drove an explosives-laden vehicle into an Afghan army bus in the western city of Herat today, wounding 12 people. The suicide attacker struck the bus near the airport on the outskirts of the city, the defence ministry and Herat city police chief Mohammad Shafiq Fazli said. "Ten soldiers and two civilians were wounded in the suicide attack," the defence ministry said. The civilians were trying to enter the airport, which the army bus was passing. Bits of body parts and the car used for the suicide attack were scattered across the area, an AFP reporter at the scene said. Afghan soldiers and police and NATO-led forces cordoned off the site.