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Twin bomb blasts

June 6, 2012

In one of the most deadly incidents in Afghanistan in weeks, two suicide bombers in the southern city of Kandahar have killed at least 20 people near a NATO-run military base.

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Afghan security officials inspect the scene where an explosive-packed motorbike blew up on the road to Kandahar airport and subsequently a suicide bomber detonated himself among the people gathered at the scene, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 6 June 2012
Image: picture-alliance/dpa

One bomb was detonated from a motorcycle near the Kandahar air base on Wednesday morning.

As people raced to attend to the victims a suicide bomber on foot detonated a second bomb.

At least 20 people were killed and around 50 injured in the two blasts.

"All casualties are civilians - not a single military person," provincial police chief General Abdul Raziq told the AFP news agency.

He said the bomb struck a parking lot used for trucks that supply the nearby base. A makeshift bazaar was also underway there.

Most of the victims were drivers, their assistants and workers, he said.

ncy/rg (Reuters, AFP, dpa)