10 people have been killed and dozens more injured after a suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowded market place in eastern Afghanistan.
The attack happened in the town of Gardez, 100km south of Kabul.
The force of the blast tore up parts of the tar road and shattered the windscreens of nearby vehicles.
The US-led coalition said it had soldiers in the area at the time of the blast but suffered no casualties.
The attacker's target was unclear, although a witness said he had seen a foreign military vehicle pass by minutes before the blast.
Most of the suicide bombings in the country are aimed at Afghan and foreign military forces.
The Taliban vowed last week to launch a new wave of violence to avenge the killing of its top military commander Mullah Dadullah.
