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Scores of Afghan civilians were killed by a suicide bomber
National Post:
Sunday morning Feb 17, 2008, at a dog-fighting rally 10 kilometres
northwest of Kandahar city, an area that falls inside the
Canadian military's zone of security and combat operations
in southern Afghanistan.
The suicide bomber struck just after 10 a.m., local time, in
the vicinity of Baghi Pol Manda, Arghandab district.
The attack claimed the lives of 80 local Afghans and wounded
at least 50 others, Kandahar province Governor Asadullah
Khalid told reporters at a news conference held three hours
later inside his official residence. Six Afghan National
Auxiliary Police officers including a senior commander were
also believed to have died. People interviewed in Baghi Pol
Manda thought Sunday's body count to be at least 100.
Relatives had already removed some of the corpses for
immediate burial, a fact that likely makes the governor's
tally inaccurate.
The GCP event was set for one hour prior to 5 hours after
the bombing, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (05:30 to 11:30 GMT).
The result shows a small negative trend, with Chisquare
21492.245 on 21600 df, for a p-value of 0.697 and
corresponding Z = -0.517.
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