KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A suicide car bomber targeting a Canadian military convoy killed 37 civilians at a busy market in southern Afghanistan on Monday, officials said. At least 30 were wounded, said Interior Ministry spokesman Zemeri Bashary. Three Canadian soldiers were among the wounded, said Kandahar Gov. Asadullah Khalid.The Taliban claimed responsibility for the latest attack in Spin Boldak, a town in Kandahar province near the border with Pakistan. It was the second major attack in as many days in Kandahar province, the former stronghold of the hardline Taliban. The death toll from a suicide bombing outside Kandahar city on Sunday rose to more than 100, making it Afghanistan's deadliest bombing since the fall of the Taliban in 2001.
Though the Afghan-Pakistan border had been closed Monday because of elections in Pakistan, some of the wounded were taken to a hospital in Chaman, Pakistan just across the border for treatment.
"A white Toyota Corolla car rammed the second vehicle in the convoy as it passed through the bazaar," said Hakim, who witnessed the attack from his grocery store. "Then there was a huge explosion. It was dust. I do not know what happened to me."