In the successional suicide explosions happened on Monday in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar, 25 persons were killed, at least 38 others were injured, local officials said.

"This evening in the bordering Spin Boldak district, a suicide attacker in a motorcycle rushed into the crowded people who were celebrating Eid festival and exploded himself. Twenty civilians were killed, and more than 20 others were injured," the provincial governor Assadullah Khalid told journalists in a press conference.

People were having picnic in the area to celebrate Eid, and some wrestling game was also going on. The explosion happened at the end of the celebration, and three vehicles were also damaged.

The governor accused Pakistan of failing to crack down on militants along the border with Afghanistan.

On the same day in Kandahar, another suicide explosion has claimed five persons' lives, and injured 18 others.

"A 15-year-old young man exploded himself near an ANA (Afghan National Army) convoy in the center of Kandahar city this afternoon. Five persons including one Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier, three civilians and the attacker were killed, six ANA soldiers and 12 civilians were injured," Zahir Azimi, the spokesperson of Defense Ministry told Xinhua.

Taliban militants, after the traditional Eid festival, have raised another surge of bloody attacks especially in the southern Kandahar and Helmand provinces, the former stronghold of Taliban regime.

In another suicide explosion happened Sunday, three including a senior Canadian diplomat were killed, 12 including three Canadian soldiers were injured in Kandahar in the same area.

A US soldier was wounded in Helmand province in a suicide explosion near his convoy Saturday.

Taliban high commander Mullah Daddullah said in an interview last month that Taliban have trained about 200 suicide attackers, and prepare to attack foreign troops and their supporters.

(Xinhua News Agency January 17, 2006)