KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, April 30 (Xinhua) -- A suicide bomber targeted a military convoy in Daman district of Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province on Monday killing 11 civilians and injuring over a dozen others, a local official said.
"The armed militants conducted a suicide attack against a military convoy, probably foreign military convoy in Abdullah village of Daman district at 10:30 a.m. local time today, killing 11 children and injuring 16 others including nine children and two policemen," the official with provincial police Public Relation Office told Xinhua.
The official declined to be identified, saying authorized officials would brief the media.
It was the third suicide bombing in Afghanistan on Monday. In another twin attacks in the capital Kabul, 25 people including 5 journalists were killed and 45 others injured.
