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At least nine people were killed and more than 70 were injured in Kandahar city
Two vehicles detonated simultaneously when an Afghan police car was passing
There was no claim of responsibility, the incident comes amid Taliban's spring offensive
At least nine people were killed and more than 70 were injured when two Toyota Corollas exploded in southern Afghanistan late Friday, a government official said.
Three police officers were among those killed in the blasts, which occurred in Kandahar city, Jawid Faisal, a spokesman for the governor of southern Kandahar province said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility. The incident comes amid the Taliban’s spring offensive.
It follows a day of carnage in Kabul on Thursday, when six Americans working with NATO’s International Security Assistance Force were killed and many Afghans were killed and injured in an attack on a coalition convoy.
The explosives-packed vehicles detonated simultaneously Friday when an Afghan National Police vehicle was passing the area, Faisal said. A large number of people had gathered for a picnic and were leaving the site when the vehicles exploded, he said.