IPFS News Link • Afghanistan
Twin suicide bombings kill 22 civilians in market in southern Afghanistan
• http://www.washingtonpost.com, By Associated PressOne suicide bomber detonated his motorbike filled with explosives first. Then, as people rushed to assist the casualties, another suicide bomber on foot walked up to the area and blew himself up, said Javid Faisal, a spokesman for Kandahar province. He said the death toll stood at 22 and that 50 were wounded. All the dead were civilians, he said.
Taliban spokesman Qari Yousef Ahmadi claimed responsibility for the attack.