The blast…

KANDAHAR: According to the information given by the officials, minimum of 16 people were killed and 38 wounded when a minivan stuffed with explosives detonated as security forces were trying to defuse it in southern Afghanistan. Police and intelligence officers in the city of Kandahar had already cleared the area around a bus station where the van was found, said the provincial governor´s spokesman Daud Ahmadi. “As the security forces were trying to defuse the [explosives in the] van, it detonated,” said police spokesperson Mohammad Qasim Azad. Daud Ahmadi, spokesman for the provincial governor, confirmed the death toll and said four security forces were among those killed. Daud Ahmadi, the spokesperson for the governor of Kandahar province, said 38 people, including five children and six members of the security forces, were injured in the explosion, reported AP. “The terrorists planned to conduct a big attack at the end of Ramazan in the city among crowds of people as they went out shopping for Eid... security forces prevented a disaster from happening,” one security official told AFP. No group including the Taliban or Danish immediately claimed responsibility for the incident.
At least 16 people are killed and 38 wounded in Kandahar, Afghanistan, by the accidental detonation of a container of explosives while security forces were attempting to dispose of it.