ROUGH CUT, NO REPORTER NARRATION<br/> <br />An outspoken female Afghan lawmaker survived a suicide bombing attack on her vehicle on Sunday, suffering slight wounds, but three civilian bystanders were killed, a police spokesman said.<br/> <br />Member of parliament Shukria Barakzai is a women's rights advocate and a close ally of new President Ashraf Ghani.<br/> <br />Police said Barakzai was slightly wounded but was in good condition.<br/> <br />Barakzai told Reuters in a 2005 interview that she had run a secret school for girls during the Taliban's five-year rule, during which harsh restrictions were imposed on women.<br/> <br />The bombing was the latest to target members of the U.S.-backed Afghan government, which is fighting a fierce onslaught by the Islamist Taliban movement as most foreign combat troops prepare to leave Afghanistan by the end of the year.
