At least five people have died and some 16 others hurt in a suicide attack in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar.
The attacker, who was on a motorcycle, detonated explosives strapped to his body at a checkpoint in the city's Chawnay area, the BBC was told.
Police had set up checkpoints across Kandahar amid intelligence reports of a possible attack by insurgents, the BBC's Bilal Sarwary reports from Kabul.
The attack shatters Kandahar's relative peace of the past few months.
"The attacker was on a motorbike in a crowded bazaar in Kandahar city near the border police mobile checkpoint," Kandahar police chief Abdul Razip told the AFP news agency.
"When police stopped him he detonated his explosives, killing five, including four children and one police," he said.
Observers say the attack highlights the fragile security situation in Kandahar, which is the birthplace of Afghan president Hamid Karzai.
USA seem to be on top of things in Afghanistan - i now see why they are ready to move out!
R.I.P. to the victims.
BBC News - Suicide attack in Afghan city of Kandahar kills five
The attacker, who was on a motorcycle, detonated explosives strapped to his body at a checkpoint in the city's Chawnay area, the BBC was told.
Police had set up checkpoints across Kandahar amid intelligence reports of a possible attack by insurgents, the BBC's Bilal Sarwary reports from Kabul.
The attack shatters Kandahar's relative peace of the past few months.
"The attacker was on a motorbike in a crowded bazaar in Kandahar city near the border police mobile checkpoint," Kandahar police chief Abdul Razip told the AFP news agency.
"When police stopped him he detonated his explosives, killing five, including four children and one police," he said.
Observers say the attack highlights the fragile security situation in Kandahar, which is the birthplace of Afghan president Hamid Karzai.
USA seem to be on top of things in Afghanistan - i now see why they are ready to move out!
R.I.P. to the victims.
BBC News - Suicide attack in Afghan city of Kandahar kills five