KANDAHAR, Jul 7 (NNN-XINHUA) – One security force member was killed and 20 other people were wounded yesterday, after a powerful explosion ripped through a busy road in Kandahar city, capital of Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province, a provincial health official confirmed.
The wounded included 11 civilians and nine security personnel, Dawood Farhad, director of the provincial hospital, told Xinhua, adding, seven were seriously injured.
“Initial information found the nature of the blast was a suicide car bombing, that occurred in Police District 7 of the city at midday,” a security official told Xinhua, on condition of anonymity.
The attack was targeting a convoy of Afghan Special Forces, driving near a special forces’ station in the area, he said.
The blast sent a column of thick smoke into the sky and triggered panic.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet.
The province has been the scene of heavy clashes between security forces and Taliban militants fighting the government in recent weeks.– NNN-XINHUA
