Afghanistan: Suicide car bomber kills 9, wounds 19 in attack on police headquarters in Kandahar

(Telegraph) Seven policemen were among those killed in the blast, which also wounded 19 people wounded, according to a statement from the Afghan president’s office.

Kandahar is the largest city in southern Afghanistan and the birthplace of the Taliban, who have been waging a bloody insurgency since being ousted from power by the US-led invasion in late 2001 that followed the 9/11 attacks.

“At around noon today (0730 GMT), a suicide car bomber detonated his explosive-packed car in district one of Kandahar”, a statement from the interior ministry said.

Blood-splattered items from nearby market stalls lay scattered on the ground after the attack, which destroyed four police cars and damaged nearby buildings, according to an AFP correspondent.

“Targeting areas where there are civilians clearly shows the hostility (of the perpetrators) towards innocent people”, President Hamid Karzai said.

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