Car Bomb Explodes in Afghanistan, Killing 16, as Team Tries to Defuse It

[TomSea]

Car Bomb Explodes in Afghanistan, Killing 16, as Team Tries to Defuse It
By Taimoor Shah and Fahim Abed
May 22, 2018

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — At least 16 people, including security personnel and bystanders, were killed on Tuesday as bomb disposal experts tried and failed to defuse explosives in a parked car in the southern city of Kandahar, Afghan officials said.

Daoud Ahmadi, a spokesman for the governor of Kandahar Province, said the car had been parked in an auto repair garage in the center of the city. Four of the 16 people killed were members of the security forces, Mr. Ahmadi said, adding that an additional 38 people were wounded. Most of the casualties were civilians, he said, and some were children.

Read more at: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/22/world/asia/afghanistan-car-bomb-kandahar.html

[WingNot]

Her in the states we evacuate several blocks before the Bomb Squad works on the bomb.  In Afghanistan they set up a viewing area.