3 people killed, 12 injured in Kandahar suicide attack

3 people were killed and 12 injured in a suicide bombing in Kandahar, considered to be the center of the Afghan city and the Taliban authorities that rule the country.

No one immediately claimed responsibility, and as a number of explosions have been reported across the country since the start of the holy month of Ramadan on March 11, Taliban officials said. A few have been confirmed by

The capital of Afghanistan is Kabul, but Supreme Leader Haibatullah Akhundzada lives in the city of Kandahar, a stronghold of the Taliban movement for decades.

Inamullah Samangani, director of information and culture in Kandahar province, said, “According to preliminary information, the explosion was a suicide attack in which 3 compatriots were killed and 12 others were injured.”

The blast, which occurred around 8 a.m., targeted a group of people waiting outside the New Kabul Bank branch in central Kandahar city.

Inamullah Samangani told ‘AFP’ that ‘usually our compatriots gather there to collect their salaries, while the victims were civilians.’

After the blast, Taliban officials cordoned off the area outside the bank and prevented journalists from going near the site.

However, the journalist of ‘AFP’ saw that as a result of the explosion, unconscious people or dead bodies were being loaded into ambulances.

Firefighters and security personnel were clearing the area, where blood, pieces of clothing and shoes littered the ground.

The hospitals did not respond to requests for information, saying they had been told not to speak to the media.

Inamullah Samangani, speaking at a hospital in the city where the injured were being shifted, said the situation was under control, denying that there was an urgent need for blood donations as circulated on social media. was

He said in a message to the journalists that ‘there is no such problem and the condition of the injured is not critical, they have received minor injuries.’

It should be noted that since the Taliban ended their insurgency and ousted the US-backed government following seizing power in August 2021, the number of bombings and suicide attacks in Afghanistan has decreased markedly.

However, several armed groups, including the regional chapter of the outlawed Daesh, still pose a threat.