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A number of people are feared to have died in an explosion in the city of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan. | A number of people are feared to have died in an explosion in the city of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan. |
"Tens of people" died and dozens were wounded, said interior ministry spokesman Zemarai Bashary. | |
"It was a bombing but at this point we don't know if it was a suicide bombing," he said. | |
Taleban insurgents have been behind a number of suicide attacks and roadside bomb blasts recently. Last week, the Kandahar governor survived an attack. | |
Last year, violence in Afghanistan reached its highest levels since the Taleban were forced from power in 2001, analysts say. | Last year, violence in Afghanistan reached its highest levels since the Taleban were forced from power in 2001, analysts say. |
The Taleban claim to have influence across most of the country and have extended their area of control from their traditional heartland in the south. | |
They are able to operate freely even in Wardak Province, neighbouring the capital Kabul, as a BBC camera crew who filmed them recently found. |