KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Dec 27 (Reuters) - A powerful explosion rocked the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Monday and gunfire was also heard, a Reuters witness said.
No further details were immediately available.
Taliban-led insurgents have previously carried out suicide attacks in the province, which is a stronghold of the militants. (Reporting by Ismail Sameem, Writing by Sayed Salahuddin; Editing by Michelle Nichols) (For more Reuters coverage of Afghanistan and Pakistan, see: http://www.reuters.com/news/globalcoverage/afghanistanpakistan)
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