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 KANDAHAR: Three people died and 12 people were injured in a car bombing that hit Kandahar city in southern Afghanistan Monday, police and medics told.

"Initially we received one dead body and two of the wounded died later, taking the death toll to three," Dr Mohammad Afzal of the city's main hospital said, adding that 12 people had been injured, mostly police.

The city's police chief, Khan Mohammad, added that the explosion was a car bombing and one of the dead was a police officer.