The Taliban have denied any involvement in a bombing in southern Afghanistan which killed 43 people yesterday.
Scores of civilians were injured in the blast in Kandahar, the deadliest in the country in 2009.
The blast took place as people left a wedding hall to break their Ramadan fast in the southern city.
Despite suspicion immediately falling on the Taliban, a spokesman for the insurgents told the Associated Press news agency that the group condemned the attack.
According to the Afghan interior ministry an explosive device was blown up inside a lorry by remote control, leaving dozens of people trapped under rubble.
The blast comes a week after Afghans went to the polls in landmark presidential and provincial elections.
Early indications are that incumbent Hamid Karzai has won a second term.
Scores of civilians were injured in the blast in Kandahar, the deadliest in the country in 2009.
The blast took place as people left a wedding hall to break their Ramadan fast in the southern city.
Despite suspicion immediately falling on the Taliban, a spokesman for the insurgents told the Associated Press news agency that the group condemned the attack.
According to the Afghan interior ministry an explosive device was blown up inside a lorry by remote control, leaving dozens of people trapped under rubble.
The blast comes a week after Afghans went to the polls in landmark presidential and provincial elections.
Early indications are that incumbent Hamid Karzai has won a second term.
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