KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – A suicide bomber on a motorized rickshaw detonated explosives Monday in a marketplace in southern Afghanistan, killing 28 people in one of the deadliest bombings since the fall of the Taliban. Children selling chewing gum and cigarettes were among the victims of the blast.

A Lebanese presidential candidate called for consolidated ties between Iran and all political groups of his country.

The navy has gained high potentials in manufacturing gunboats, battleships and vessels, commander-in-chief of the Iranian army’s naval force said Monday.