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A soldier, Amanullah Popolzai, said authorities arrested a man spotted running away from the scene shortly before the explosion. The man, who appeared to be an Afghan, was arrested after trying to hide in a nearby home. "This was the work of the Taliban. The man looked like he was a Talib fighter," Popolzai said.

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From Tampa Bay Online

Powerful Bomb Kills at Least 10 in Southern Afghan City
By Noor Khan Associated Press Writer
Published: Jan 6, 2004

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A bicycle bomb exploded Tuesday on a street in this southern Afghan city, killing at least 10 people and shattering cars and windows in the area, witnesses and police said.
The victims all appeared to be Afghans who were walking on the street when the blast occurred, Deputy Police Chief Salim Khan told The Associated Press. He said at least 15 other people were injured.

A soldier, Amanullah Popolzai, said authorities detained a man spotted running away from the scene shortly before the explosion. The man, who appeared to be an Afghan member of the renegade Taliban, was caught trying to hide in a nearby home, Popolzai said.

A badly damaged truck lay in the middle of the road after the explosion, its driver among the dead. The torn metal of about a dozen bicycles littered the asphalt.

The bomb had been attached to one of the bikes, Khan said.

The blast occurred in a residential sector of eastern Kandahar, about 100 yards from an Afghan military base. Dozens of Afghan and American soldiers swarmed into the area, sealing it off.

The attack was the latest in a stream of shootings, kidnappings and bombs against civilians as well as soldiers in the south and east of the country, with many of the attacks claimed by Taliban militants.

Many have occurred in the Kandahar area, the former Taliban stronghold that is the focus of a U.S. plan to deploy troops and civilian reconstruction workers across the south to make it safe for summer elections and badly needed reconstruction.

On Monday, gunmen attacked the office of the United Nations refugee agency in Kandahar, throwing a grenade and firing shots but causing no injuries.

Exactly a month ago, a bomb ripped through a bustling bazaar in the city, wounding 20 Afghans, in an attack the Taliban said targeted - but missed - U.S. soldiers.

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