In Afghanistan, the toll from Tuesday’s suicide attack in a southern province has risen to at least 17, including at least 13 children.

NATO spokesperson Major John Thomas: “Today in southern Afghanistan in a marketplace near a school, a Taliban extremist has apparently detonated a suicide vehicle bomb that killed up to 12 civilians, injured more than 60 civilians and injured seven ISAF soldiers. This was during the day when people were shopping. It was near a school and a number of children who were injured or killed. That number may rise as we find out more about this.”