Raouf Ahmedi, spokesman for the police commander in western Afghanistan, said police had received a tip that the vehicle was loaded with explosives.
“They were chasing the car and tried to stop it,” he told AP.
“The vehicle then turned toward the district headquarters building and tried to pass the checkpoint, but police stopped them to be searched and asked where they were going.”
Many of the wounded were in a critical condition and the death toll was likely to rise, officials warned.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.
Civilian casualties in the Afghan conflict are estimated to be at their highest levels for a decade according to the United Nations.
More than three quarters of those killed die in attacks by insurgents.
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