Possibly, but not certainly, a woman. From AFP, May 15 (thanks to JCB):
HERAT, Afghanistan (AFP) – A suicide bomber apparently wearing a burqa detonated in a busy bazaar in southwestern Afghanistan, killing 16 people including four policemen, a provincial governor said Thursday.
The extremist Taliban movement, which regularly uses suicide attacks in its campaign against the government, immediately claimed responsibility for the blast in Farah province’s Delaram district.
Police were the target, Farah deputy governor Mohammad Younus Rasouli said.
“Twelve civilians have been killed and 22 others wounded. Four police have been killed and six others wounded,” he told AFP.
Rasouli said the body of the bomber was destroyed. “But we have found pieces of women’s dress, shoes and a burqa,” he said, referring to the all-covering garment worn by most Afghan women which also hides the face….