By Xinhua,
Kabul : A powerful car bomb rocked Kandahar city, the capital of Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan, on Wednesday noon, leaving at least three people dead and 30 others wounded.
The incident occurred at around 11:45 a.m. local time (0715 GMT)close to the buildings of provincial council and the department of intelligence service in Kandahar city. Ambulances have been taking the wounded to hospitals, a Xinhua reporter said on the spot.
One doctor in Kandahar hospital named Nasir Haleem confirmed that the blast killed three people including one woman and wounded30 more.
Police and International troops based in Kandahar city have rushed to the site and condoned it off, but there is no comment available from Afghan government or the alliance.
Earlier, eye witness Zalmai also told Xinhua that he saw two bodies lying on the ground while a police on the site without giving his name said that the number of casualties could be higher.
The police added that two houses next to the explosion site were destroyed.
No groups or individuals have so far claimed responsibility while Taliban militants carried out a similar attack just on Oct. 30 against the office building of the Ministry of Information and Culture in Afghan capital city of Kabul.
Spiraling conflicts and Taliban-linked insurgency have claimed over 5,000 people with more than 1,500 civilians so far this year in strife-torn Afghanistan while Taliban insurgents have vowed to intensify assaults against interests of Afghan government and international troops before the coming winter.