Two suicide bombers strike police HQ in Kandahar

KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) - Two suicide bombers struck the police headquarters in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Sunday, killing at least two policemen and wounding 29 others, a police official said.

The bombers were also killed in the attack, which happened at 1:30 p.m., according to provincial police chief Matiullah Khan.

Another police official - who declined to be named because he was not authorized to talk to the media - said that the target of the attack was Abdul Razaaq Khan, border police commander. He said the attacker targeted the police commander as he was entering the station. Khan was wounded in the blasts, the unnamed official said.