Three suicide attackers blew themselves up in the largest city insouthern Afghanistan on Wednesday, leaving 22 people dead in adusty marketplace that was turned into a gruesome scene of bloodand bodies, authorities said. Taliban spokesman Qari Yousef Ahmadi claimed responsibility for theattack in Kandahar, that injured an estimated 50 civilians. The explosion occurred about five kilometres (three miles) from themain gate of the massive military installation run by the U.S.-ledcoalition and roughly 500 meters (yards) from an Afghan militarybase. One suicide bomber detonated a three-wheeled motorbike filled withexplosives first, said Rahmatullah Atrafi, deputy police chief inKandahar province. Then, as people rushed to assist the casualties,two other suicide bombers on foot walked up to the site and blewthemselves up, he said. Eight private security guards were among the 22 killed along a mainroad on the east side of the city, he said. Small shops and private security company offices line one side ofthe road. Large trucks that supply logistics to Kandahar Air Fieldregularly park along the other side. The explosions left a bloody scene of body parts, shoes, soda cans,snacks and debris from three shops that were destroyed. Mohammad Naeem, a 30-year-old shopkeeper, said he was selling softdrinks to a customer when the first blast occurred. "I dropped to the ground," he said. "When I gotup, I looked outside and I heard people shouting for help." Naeem said he helped his customer, who was wounded, into his shop. "He was bleeding. I put cloth on his wound to stop thebleeding," he said. "I was busy with that when theother blasts occurred." Islam Zada, a truck driver, was on the other side of the roadhaving tea near his parked truck when the attack began. "I couldn't see anything except for fire anddust," Zada said of the scene. "I found a wounded truckdriver on our side of the road and went to help him," Zadasaid. "We gave him some water and when we were talking to himthe other blasts occurred.". We are high quality suppliers, our products such as China Soluble NPK Fertilizer , China Customized Fertilizer for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Water Soluble Fertilizer.
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