**A blast has been reported in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, a day after the country’s deadliest bombing for a year killed some 43 people there.**The explosion was reported close to the site of Tuesday’s car bomb attack.
There are reports of casualties. A local official told the BBC the injured were being taken to hospital.
Kandahar, a Taliban stronghold, has seen a number of attacks in 2009. It comes as counting continues following Thursday’s presidential election.
“This is a terrorist attack but we are trying to find out more details,” a senior government official in the city told the BBC.
“It’s very dark and confusing to understand what happened. But our forces are out on the streets.”
The blast was said to have happened next to Kabul Bank.
Shops were in flames next to the building, an al-Jazeera journalist reported from the city.
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