An injured victim walks away from a burning vehicle at the site of suicide bombing in Saidu Sharif, a town of Pakistan's Swat Valley, Saturday, March 13, 2010. A suicide attacker struck a security checkpoint in northwest Pakistan, killing …
(AP Photo/Naveed Ali)
Updated: Saturday, 13 Mar 2010, 1:14 PM CST
Published : Saturday, 13 Mar 2010, 1:06 PM CST
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - The Afghan president's half-brother said at least 30 people have died and dozens more hurt in four suicide attacks in the southern city of Kandahar.
Ahmed Wali Karzai, a member of the Kandahar provincial council, says a main target of the Saturday night attacks was a prison, but no prisoners escaped. In June 2008 a suicide bomber blew apart the Kandahar prison gates and a nearby checkpost. That freed hundreds of prisoners, many of them suspected insurgents.
Karzai, the half-brother of President Hamid Karzai, says a second explosion occurred close to the police headquarters, and casualties were reported at a wedding hall nearby.
Police officer Mohammad Nahim says at least four policemen were killed.
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