In the successional suicide explosions happened on Monday in
Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar, 25 persons were
killed, at least 38 others were injured, local officials said.
"This evening in the bordering Spin Boldak district, a suicide
attacker in a motorcycle rushed into the crowded people who were
celebrating Eid festival and exploded himself. Twenty civilians
were killed, and more than 20 others were injured," the provincial
governor Assadullah Khalid told journalists in a press
conference.
People were having picnic in the area to celebrate Eid, and some
wrestling game was also going on. The explosion happened at the end
of the celebration, and three vehicles were also damaged.
The governor accused Pakistan of failing to crack down on
militants along the border with Afghanistan.
On the same day in Kandahar, another suicide explosion has
claimed five persons' lives, and injured 18 others.
"A 15-year-old young man exploded himself near an ANA (Afghan
National Army) convoy in the center of Kandahar city this
afternoon. Five persons including one Afghan National Army (ANA)
soldier, three civilians and the attacker were killed, six ANA
soldiers and 12 civilians were injured," Zahir Azimi, the
spokesperson of Defense Ministry told Xinhua.
Taliban militants, after the traditional Eid festival, have
raised another surge of bloody attacks especially in the southern
Kandahar and Helmand provinces, the former stronghold of Taliban
regime.
In another suicide explosion happened Sunday, three including a
senior Canadian diplomat were killed, 12 including three Canadian
soldiers were injured in Kandahar in the same area.
A US soldier was wounded in Helmand province in a suicide
explosion near his convoy Saturday.
Taliban high commander Mullah Daddullah said in an interview
last month that Taliban have trained about 200 suicide attackers,
and prepare to attack foreign troops and their supporters.
(Xinhua News Agency January 17, 2006)
