British soldiers and Afghan National Police along with ISAF soldiers secure and survey the site of a suicide bomb blast. (Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)
The blast happened shortly after dusk, when Afghans were breaking their fast during the Muslim month of Ramadan.
Witnesses reporting hearing heavy gunfire after the blast.
"There was a car bomb outside a residential house, there are many dead and wounded," said Pashtun Momand, a police officer in Kandahar, the birthplace of the Taliban.
A Kandahar resident who asked not to be identified said gunfire erupted after the blast, which blew out many windows in the city.
