Four dead, 15 wounded in Afghan suicide attack: officials

KANDAHAR: Four people were killed and 15 wounded in a twin suicide attack in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, in a strike that targeted a meeting of tribal elders, officials said.

"Four people were killed and 15 wounded so far in the attack in Spin Boldak town," Gorzang Afridi, spokesman for the police chief of Kandahar province, told AFP.










KANDAHAR: Two suicide bombers struck inside a meeting of community leaders in the southern Afghan town of Spin Boldak on Sunday, causing an unknown number of casualties, local officials said.

"There has been a twin suicide bombing in the Spin Boldak council building. The blasts were inside the hall during a meeting of tribal elders," Jawed Faisal, spokesman for the governor of Kandahar province, told AFP.

"There are casualties but we don't have the numbers at this time."