At least 23 people were killed and other 50 were wounded on Wednesday as a suicide bomber on a motorcycle blew himself in Afghanistan’s southern province of Kandahar.
At least 23 people were killed and other 50were wounde
d on Wednesday in a twin suicide attack in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar.
A suicide bomber on a motorcycle struck first and as a crowd gathered to help the victims a second bomber walked into their midst and set off explosives strapped to his body, provincial police chief General Abdul Raziq told AFP.
The attack took place in a parking lot crowded with dozens of trucks supplying the NATO-run Kandahar Air Base and a makeshift bazaar, Raziq said.
"All casualties are civilians -- not a single military person," he added, describing most victims as drivers, their assistants and workers.
Kandahar is the birthplace of the Taliban, who took power in Kabul in 1996 and ruled for five years before being ousted in a US-led.
