A twin suicide bombing near a US-led military base in central Afghanistan has killed at least 10 civilians and two policemen, officials have said.
The first bombing was carried out by a fighter on foot, followed by a huge blast from a truck bomb that destroyed much of a local bazaar near the NATO base in Wardak province's Sayedabad district, police said on Saturday.
"The number of wounded is so high that it can hardly be counted. Lots of people have been wounded and much of the Sayedabad bazaar has been destroyed," Wardak police spokesman Abdul Wali told AFP news agency.
Ghulam Farouq Mukhlis, the provincial public health director, told AFP that at least 43 civilians were admitted to local hospitals. Ten people were evacuated to the capital Kabul for "serious injuries", Mukhlis added.
Confirming the twin blasts, a spokesman for NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) told AFP: "There were no ISAF fatalities."
Shahidullah Shahid a spokesman for the provincial administration also confirmed the attack, describing the truck-bombing as "massive".
"A suicide bomber on foot detonated near the gate of the base in Sayedabad, Wardak province, opening the way for a truck suicide bombing that followed him," Shahiddullah Shahid, provincial government spokesman, said on Saturday.
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