Afghan police News
The woman, named in local media as Banu Negar, was killed at the family home in front of relatives in Firozkoh, the capital of central Ghor province.
The car bombing struck near the entrance of provincial police chief's office in Ghor.
Head of the Ghor hospital said the death toll is expected to rise.
So far, noone has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Many armed Taliban fighters entered the police headquarters after the blast and opened fire on security forces stationed there.
The Taliban observed a ceasefire over a three-day holiday but rejected the government`s request to extend it.
At least 41 Afghan security force personnel were killed in two separate Taliban-led attacks on Saturday.
A group of gunmen killed at least five people and wounded eight others in an attack on Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel on Saturday.
Militants wearing the googles launched a pre-dawn assault on a police post in Khan Abad district in the northern province of Kunduz today.
However, it is unclear whether the victim, suspected to be a suicide bomber, survived the abuse.
The top NATO commander in Afghanistan on Tuesday denied reports that the Pentagon had ordered US troops to ignore the sexual abuse of young boys by Afghan police and militias.
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