KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A series of blasts killed at least two civilians and wounded several others Saturday in Afghanistan’s main southern city, the site of several recent attacks on police.
In one attack, a motorized rickshaw carrying explosives detonated behind police headquarters, said Zelmai Ayubi, spokesman for the governor of Kandahar province. One bystander was killed and three others were wounded, Ayubi said.
On the eastern side of the city, insurgents attacked an oil tanker with gunfire, causing it to explode. One civilian was killed and at least two others were wounded.
A rocket fired by militants slammed into a prison compound in the city’s west, police said. No casualties were reported. Another explosion went off in the city’s business district, also in the west. Details were not available.
Separately, two NATO service members were killed Saturday — one after a homemade bomb exploded in the south and one in an insurgent attack in the north. The Associated Press
