KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A suicide bombing at an outdoor dog fighting competition killed 80 people and wounded dozens more Sunday, an Afghan governor said, in what appeared to be the deadliest terror attack in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban in 2001.
More than 300 people, including several Afghan militia leaders, had gathered to watch the event on the western edge of the southern city of Kandahar.
There were several estimates for the number of dead. Kandahar Gov. Asadullah Khalid said 80 had been killed. Abdullah Fahim, a Health Ministry spokesman, said 67 had been killed and 90 wounded, though he said the toll could rise. NBC News in Afghanistan, meanwhile, reported that 80 people died in the blast.
