A suicide car bomb has killed 16 people in southern Afghanistan.
The bomb was detonated near a convoy of private security forces. Four Afghan guards and 11 civilians, including women and children, were killed in the attack.
The bomb went off west of Kandahar city and also wounded six other guards as well as 20 civilians who were in two minivans passing by the convoy.
The guards worked for the US Protection and Investigations security firm.
Company representatives could not immediately be reached to confirm that their employees were attacked.
