Suicide bomber blew himself up Saturday near an armoured car carrying a district chief in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, killing two civilians - including a child - and wounding another nine, Afghan authorities said.
The bomber targeted Ahmadullah Nazak’s car in a residential and shopping area of the city as the official was traveling to a meeting, said Zalmai Ayubi, spokesman for the Kandahar provincial governor. Nazak was unharmed.
“I am safe and sound, and all of those who were in the car are also safe and sound,” Nazak told The Associated Press shortly after the explosion.
He did not say how many people had been in the car with him. Separately, kidnappers killed a Bangladeshi engineer working in Afghanistan and abducted two road workers after storming their camp at gunpoint, officials said on Saturday.
The incident happened in the north, where Taliban insurgents are increasingly active as Nato has opened up new supply lines. The workers were employed by South Korean company, the country’s embassy in Kabul confirmed to media.
An official there added that their information was that seven people, all Bangladeshis, were still unaccounted for. In eastern Afghanistan Nato troops killed more than 20 insurgents on Saturday after a patrol came under fire.
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