Wednesday, July 27, 2011 – According to local officials in southern Afghanistan, an explosion took place in Kandahar province early Wednesday morning.
Kandahar security officials said, the incident took place in mayor’s office after a suicide bomber detonated explosives attached to his body in the hallway which killed Kandahar mayor Ghulam Haidar Hamidi.
Officials further added, one of the mayor’s bodyguard was also wounded in the blast.
This is the second assassination of high profile government official in Kandahar province so far this month. The attack comes two weeks after President Karzai’s half brother, Ahmad Wali Karzai, the head of provincial council, was killed in his house in Kandahar city by his bodyguard.
Kandahar Municipality is located in the heart of the fortified southern Afghan city, the birthplace for the Taliban.
The exact number of casualties as a result of today’s explosion is not confirmed yet and no group including Taliban militants have yet claimed responsibility behind the incident.
