11 students killed in Kandahar explosion

Monitoring Desk

KANDAHAR: As many as 11 students of religious seminary were killed and 16 others were injured including five foreign soldiers in a car bombing in Kandahar province of Afghanistan on Monday.

Local officials told that suicide bomber detonated a vehicle full of explosives in Haji Abdullah Khan village of Daman district and according to eye witness the suicide targeted the Romanian soldiers convey that had been patrolling the area.

Local officials confirmed that at least student of local Madrassa were killed in the explosion and more than 16 others were injured including five Romanian soldiers.

So far no group including the Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack.