In a nationwide offensive that has taken just over a week, the Taliban has defeated, co-opted, or sent Afghan security forces fleeing from wide swathes of the country, even with some air support by the U.S. military.
Kandahar residents said they were still concerned about the security situation in the province and that there was a need for large-scale operations in some parts.
The target of the attack was not known immediately.
Health ministry spokesman Wahid Majroh said another eight people were wounded in the blast, which struck in front of a high school in the downtown area of the Afghan capital.
The Taliban have been staging near-daily attacks on Afghan security forces and now hold nearly half of the country.
At least 16 people were killed on Monday as the Afghan Taliban resumed attacks after refusing to extend a three-day…
