(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Two suicide bombers have killed at least 22 people at a bazaar near the Afghan city of Kandahar, local police have told the BBC.
Provincial police chief Abdul Raziq said the area was used by drivers whose vehicles carry supplies for Nato.
Some 50 people were also hurt in the attack, near the city's airport, which houses a large Nato airbase.
Kandahar province is a centre of Taliban activity, and is one of the areas where the insurgency originated.
Officials said all those killed in the latest attack were civilians, among them were shopkeepers and passersby.
Some of the wounded were said to be in a critical condition.
General Raziq told the BBC one attacker drove a motorcycle packed with explosives into the area.
Another attacker detonated bombs after approaching on foot. Kandahar airport is about 16km (10 miles) south-east of the city. The airport is Nato's biggest base in southern Afghanistan.
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6 June 2012 - 08:37
News ID: 320261
Two suicide bombers have killed at least 22 people at a bazaar near the Afghan city of Kandahar, local police have told the BBC.
