Suicide Bomber Hits Taliban's Political Base in Southern Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD - A rare suicide bombing in Afghanistan's southern city of Kandahar, known as the Taliban's political headquarters, killed at least three people and injured more than a dozen early Thursday.

Taliban authorities said the victims had gathered outside the officially run New Kabul Bank to receive their salaries when a suicide bomber detonated explosives strapped to his body.

Witnesses and local offici