KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) – A remote controlled bicycle bomb killed at least one policeman and wounded 15 civilians in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Saturday, police and a provincial spokesman said.
The bomb detonated as police were getting out of a vehicle close to the provincial governor's office and the offices of the Afghan Red Crescent, the spokesman for the provincial governor, Zalmai Ayobi, told AFP.
Three children were among the 15 wounded.
NATO and US-led forces have announced a massive counter-insurgency operation in Kandahar, the spiritual home of the Taliban during their rule over the country prior to 2001.
The Taliban are trying to topple the Western-backed government of President Hamid Karzai. A three-day peace conference in Kabul attended by tribal elders and religious leaders ended Friday with a call to militants to lay down their arms.
The conference, called to advise Karzai on how to make peace with the Taliban, demanded the establishment of a "powerful commission" to lead talks with the militants.
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