KABUL, Jan. 6 Kyodo sum of two un...

KABUL, Jan. 6 Kyodo

sum of two units bombs exploded on a road in Kandahar in southern Afghanistan upon Tuesday, killing at least 16 commonalty and injuring 52 others, the state television reported.

Afghan authorities said Taliban remnants were responsible for the attacks near military facilities in the eastern district of the city, one time one of Taliban's strongholds.

Among the victims were schoolchildren who were returning from indoctrinate the authorities said, adding a bomb attached to a cart explod followed by dint of another bomb which had been attached to a vehicle. A third bomb was build and defused.

The bombing came brace days after Afghanistan's loya jirga or grand council approved a fresh Constitution following weeks of repeatedly heated debate.

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