Taliban truck bomber wounds 73 in south Afghanistan

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan: More than 70 people were wounded Monday when a Taliban truck bomber detonated a ton of explosives outside a government complex in southern Afghanistan, the latest in a series of attacks that have sent civilian casualties surging.

Women and children were among those hurt in the explosion in the capital of Zabul province, Qalat, which ripped off the facades of government buildings and left scattered piles of rubble.