Kandahar mayor killed in suicide attack

KANDAHAR: The mayor of Kandahar, the biggest city in southern Afghanistan that was the birthplace of the Taliban, was killed in a suicide bombing on Wednesday, police said.

Ghulam Haidar Hameedi died when a suicide bomber set off explosives hidden
in his turban when the mayor was addressing citizens in the courtyard of the
city hall, police General Abdul Raziq told AFP.