4 suicide attackers strike in southern Afghanistan city; at least 30 reported killed
By Noor Khan, APSaturday, March 13, 2010
4 suicide attacks hit Afghanistan; at least 30 die
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — The Afghan president’s half-brother says at least 30 people have died and dozens more hurt in four suicide attacks in the southern city of Kandahar.
Ahmed Wali Karzai, a member of the Kandahar provincial council, says a main target of the Saturday night attacks was a prison, but no prisoners escaped. In June 2008 a suicide bomber blew apart the Kandahar prison gates and a nearby checkpost. That freed hundreds of prisoners, many of them suspected insurgents.
Karzai, the half-brother of President Hamid Karzai, says a second explosion occurred close to the police headquarters, and casualties were reported at a wedding hall nearby.
Police officer Mohammad Nahim says at least four policemen were killed.
