Blast at Afghan intelligence centre

12/11/2008| IslamWeb

A bomb has ripped through a compound of government offices in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar.

 

The blast on Wednesday appeared to target the city's intelligence agency and the provincial council offices.

 

A police officer at the scene said that it looked as if a car bomb had been used to carry out the attack.

 

It is not clear whether it was driven by a suicide attacker. It is also unclear how many people had been killed or injured.

 

Zemarai Bashary, a spokesman for the Afghan interior ministry, said: "There has been a blast in Kandahar city. At this stage we have no details. Police are at the scene." 

 

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Afghan National Army soldiers stand guard in Kandahar.

 

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