8 civilians were injured as a result of a motorcycle explosion that occurred on early Saturday morning in Kandahar, security officials said.
Abdulbasir Khaksar, deputy spokesperson of Kandahar police told Reporterly: “8 civilians were injured in a motorcycle explosion that took place in PD2 Kandahar city on Saturday morning.”
He added that 2 children and 2 women are among the individuals injured in the explosion.
The explosion attempted to target security forces which prematurely went off, deputy spokesperson of Kandahar police said.