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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- Taliban gunmen unleashed a major assault Saturday on government buildings throughout Afghanistan's largest southern city - a former Taliban stronghold where international and Afghan forces are trying to establish security and a functioning government. It was the latest in a series of strikes by the Taliban insurgency at high-profile government installations. Shooting started shortly after midday and the gunfire was still ringing through Kandahar city hours later. Government and hospital officials confirmed that the governor's compound, the mayor's office and the intelligence agency offices had all been attacked, along with a number of police stations. The Taliban...

At least 39 people have been killed and 73 injured by an explosion at a wedding in southern Afghanistan, officials have said. The blast occurred in Kandahar province on Wednesday night, as men gathered to celebrate a wedding had just sat down to eat. "There was an explosion at a wedding at Nangahaan in Arghandab district," Mohammad Anaas, a senior official with the city administration, said. "At least 39 bodies were transported to Kandahar central hospital. "We don't know how many bodies remain at the site and we don't know if it was a suicide attack or a bomb or...

At least six people have been killed in a suicide bombing in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, three of them foreigners. Initial reports said the explosion happened at a compound shared by foreign companies. "It was a suicide car bomb that targeted a foreign security company," Fazil Mohammad Sherzad, deputy provincial police chief, told AFP. It came hours after a car bomb in the city injured at least eight people.

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