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Explosion kills dozens in Afghanistan
An explosion rocked Kandahar city in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, leaving scores dead and wounded.
An explosion rocked Kandahar city in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, leaving scores dead and wounded, a government spokesman said. However, a witness said it was a suicide attack and more than 50 people were killed.
"There was an explosion in Kandahar city at 10:00 a.m., that killed dozens and wounded dozens more," Interior Ministry spokesman Zemarai Bashary said. "We can't give an exact number, but the number is very high."
A witness in Kandahar said that it was a suicide attack that killed more than 50 people including a former commander.
Bashary could not confirm whether it was a suicide attack or a remote-controlled explosion.
Kandahar province is the birthplace of the Taliban militants, who are still entrenched in the province six years after being ousted from power by a US-led military invasion.
