A suicide blast Saturday evening rocked a market in southern
Afghanistan's Kandahar province, killing two policemen and five
civilians, a provincial police chief said.
The explosion occurred at around 6:25 PM (1355 GMT) at a busy
bazzar in Spin Boldak district of Kandahar as a motorcycle rider
exploded himself, Sayed Aqa Saqib, Kandahar's police chief, told
Xinhua News Agency over telephone.
The officer earlier said the seven deaths were all
civilians.
Eight policemen and 21 civilians were also wounded in the
explosion, said Saqib, who however offered no more details.
No one or group claimed responsibility for the attack.
People in Afghanistan Saturday were still celebrating Eid
festival, starting on Friday to mark the end of fasting month
Ramadan.
Kandahar, a known birthplace for Taliban movement, has witnessed
continuous militants-related violence, since the Afghan Taliban
regime was overthrown by the U.S. invasion in late 2001.
Rising violence has claimed over 5,100 lives in war-torn
Afghanistan this year.
(Xinhua News Agency October 14, 2007)
