(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - At least eight people have been killed and 18 others injured after a motorcycle bomb exploded in a market in northern Afghanistan, local officials say.
The explosion occurred in Imam Saheb district in Kunduz province on Saturday.
"A bomb placed in a motorbike detonated in the middle of a bazaar. Eight people -- two local police and six civilians -- were killed and 18 others, all civilians, were injured," Imam Saheb district chief Mohammad Ayoub Haqyar told AFP.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack but according to Afghan officials, the raid was similar to previous Taliban attacks.
Violence in war-torn Afghanistan is at its worst level and the Taliban intensified their attacks on civilian and military targets in the country.
Earlier Saturday, Taliban militants attacked a US military base and an airport in Jalalabad in eastern Nangarhar province.
Fourteen Taliban bombers were involved in the assault, Reuters quoted Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid as saying.
At least six Taliban attackers lost their lives during the Saturday raid.
Taliban militants also ambushed a NATO convey on Thursday in southern Afghanistan, killing at least six Afghan security guards and wounding several others.
Afghan officials say the attack took place in the Nad-e-Ali district of Helmand Province, a Press TV correspondent reported.
Two NATO vehicles were destroyed in the fatal attack.
The security situation continues to deteriorate in war-ravaged Afghanistan with foreign and Afghan forces falling prey to Taliban militants on a near-daily basis.
At least 634 foreign troops have lost their lives in Afghanistan so far, making 2010 the deadliest year for US-led forces since the 2001 invasion.
Civilian and foreign casualties are at record levels despite the presence of around 150,000 foreign troops and mercenaries in Afghanistan.
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