Second Blast Strikes Kandahar

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Source: Al Jazeera

A second explosion has hit the city of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan, a day after more than 40 people there were killed in a truck bombing.

Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr, reporting from the city, said Wednesday's blast was thought to have been caused by a rocket.

She said the explosion occured at about 10.30pm, hitting a square in the centre of the city close to a branch of the Kabul Bank.

Firefighters battled the blaze for more than an hour and our correspondent reported a heavy security presence at the scene along with several ambulances.

The number of casualties is not yet known, but the streets were largely empty at the time with the city still reeling from Tuesday's deadly attack and many Kandahar residents observing the fasting month of Ramadan.

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