Suicide attack kills 21 in Kandahar

A suicide motorcycle bombing killed 21 people and wounded 22 others on Wednesday in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar, police said.

A suicide motorcycle bombing killed 21 people and wounded 22 others on Wednesday in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar, police said.

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The bomber struck in a parking lot crowded with dozens of trucks supplying the NATO-run Kandahar Air Base, provincial police chief General Abdul Raziq told AFP. "All casualties are civilians -- not a single military person," he said.