Fourteen civilians including children were injured as a bike bomb went off in Kandahar city, capital of Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province on Thursday evening, provincial police spokesman Jamal Barikzai said Friday.
According to the spokesman, militants planted an explosive device in the involved bicycle parking next to a gas-selling shop in Police District 7 of Kandahar city.
Three of the injured persons were in critical condition, the official said, adding that investigation was underway on the incident.
Kandahar is a former stronghold of the Taliban militants and has seen increasing militancy over the past few years.
