Kandahar, Afghanistan (ANTARA News) – A bomb that tore through a dog fighting match in Afghanistan’s southern city of Kandahar Sunday killed 56 people and wounded around 40 more, a senior police official said.
“We have 56 people martyred and about 40 others wounded,” a senior police official told AFP on condition that his name was not used.
A witness in Kandahar said that it was a suicide attack that killed more than 50 people including a famous former commander.