Five civilians plus one policeman died in the blast in the northern province of Kunduz while 22 others, including women and children, were wounded on Afghanistan`s main weekly day of rest.
"Six people have been killed and 22 others injured as a result of today`s explosion," provincial police spokesman Sarwar Hussaini said.
"There is one policeman among the dead, there are also three children, four women and one policeman among the injured. It was a busy bazaar. The Taliban are responsible, they want to terrorise people."
The Taliban were not immediately contactable but frequently target the Afghan police and other government employees in their near decade-long insurgency.
Civilians are the biggest casualties in the war with 2,777 killed last year, according to the UN.
The north of Afghanistan is traditionally more stable than the troubled south and east but has seen an upsurge of violence in recent times. (M014/K004)
Editor: Kunto Wibisono
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